Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washingtonwas an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth5 April 1856
CountryUnited States of America
success attention life-is
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
giving evil attention
I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.
mom mother attention
If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
positive hate men
I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
character rights political
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
mean thinking foundation
It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
success thinking self
I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
race connections individual
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
way buckets common
We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
integrity race individual
A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
opportunity grievance
Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
race done world
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
men important success-and-failure
The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.
uplifting self years
The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.