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

Quote by Booker T Washington

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We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to...

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the...

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the...

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...

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up...

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up...

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...

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...

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must...

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must...

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.

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,...

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...

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...