On April 5, 1856, Booker T. Washington was born. He is recognized as a great leader of the African American community, founder of Tuskegee University, a famous alumnus of Hampton University, and so much more.
Top 15 Quotes
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. – Booker T. Washington
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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome – Booker T. Washington
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. – Booker T. Washington
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man. – Booker T. Washington
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Opportunities never come a second time, nor do they wait for our leisure. – Booker T. Washington
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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. – Booker T. Washington
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. – Booker T. Washington
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. – Booker T. Washington
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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. – Booker T. Washington
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The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do. – Booker T. Washington
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In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls – with the great outside world. – Booker T. Washington
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We must reinforce argument with results. – Booker T. Washington
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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. – Booker T. Washington
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We should not permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.– Booker T. Washington