The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Character is power.

Character is power.

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...

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.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position...

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position...

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...

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...

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 hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more...

I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more...

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...