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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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...

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...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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.

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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