I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than...

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than...

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do...

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do...

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers,...

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers,...

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

Character is power.

Character is power.

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than...

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than...

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that...

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that...

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end,...

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end,...

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of...

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of...

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate...

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of...

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.