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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Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

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...

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...

Character is power.

Character is power.

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...

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...

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...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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...

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...

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to...

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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...

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...

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no...

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...