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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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is...

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is...

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...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

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,...

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

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

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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...

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...

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the...

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the...

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...

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 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.

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...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian...

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian...