Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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

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

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 can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

Character is power.

Character is power.

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...

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...

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

This is serious: some of the things that are supposed to last the rest of...

This is serious: some of the things that are supposed to last the rest of...