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
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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come
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Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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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.
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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.