No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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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...

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.

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

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

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

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...