Booker T. Washington Quotes


34 Booker T. Washington quotes:



"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 while trying to succeed."
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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 one has overcome while trying to succeed."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Success Quotes
"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Strength Quotes
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Service Quotes
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Pride Quotes
"We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Prejudice Quotes
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Obstacles Quotes
"Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highlyof them, when instead they should try to get their people tothink more highly of themselves.It’s wonderful when the people believe in their leader.It’s more wonderful when the leader believes in their people!You can’t hold a man down withoutstaying down with him.— Booker T. Washington"
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Leaders And Leadership Quotes
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Language Quotes
"I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Hate Quotes
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Excellence Quotes
"I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Encouragement Quotes
"Character, not circumstances, make the man."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Character Quotes
"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: Character Quotes
"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."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: American Educator Quotes
"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: American Educator Quotes
"No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: American Educator Quotes
"There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: American Educator Quotes Strength Quotes
"Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: American Educator Quotes
"The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race."
Author: Washington Quotes Category: American Educator Quotes



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