Booker T. Washington Quotes

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacl...

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in li...

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to ...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacl...

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books an...

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be...

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that...

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things to the...

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a ...

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for ...

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals...

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Character is power.

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

With few exceptions, the Negro youth must work harder and must perform his tasks even better than a ...

In later years, I confess that I do not envy the white boy as I once did. I have learned that succes...

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

The world should not pass judgement upon the Negro, and especially the Negro youth, too quickly or t...

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important th...

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in li...

In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for...

I knew that, in a large degree, we were trying an experiment--that of testing whether or not it was ...