We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end,...

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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...