More from Booker T. Washington

  1. Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.
  2. In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
  3. Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
  4. No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we mu…
  5. I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
  6. No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is long left witho…
  7. I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to…
  8. My whole life has largely been one of surprises. I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of t…

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