Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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

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

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a...

Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a...

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the...

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the...

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.