No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let...

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

Character is power.

Character is power.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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

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

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...

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position...

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position...

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling...

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling...

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...

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard...

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard...

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

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

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 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.

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...