There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Quote by Booker T Washington

Topics: Earth Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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...

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, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character is power.

Character is power.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is...

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is...

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in...

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in...