Booker T. Washington
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
alone
If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.
-Booker T. Washington
dreams
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
-Booker T. Washington
education
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
good
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
life
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.
-Booker T. Washington
life
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
-Booker T. Washington
men
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
-Booker T. Washington
politics
Character is power.
-Booker T. Washington
power
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
-Booker T. Washington
power
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
-Booker T. Washington
religion
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
-Booker T. Washington
strength
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
success
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.
-Booker T. Washington
success
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.
-Booker T. Washington
success
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
-Booker T. Washington
trust
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
-Booker T. Washington
work
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