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
ignorance states
Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
ignorance men ignorant
Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.
ignorance clouds selfishness
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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.