Quotes of Booker T. Washington - somelinesforyou

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

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

“ 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 overcome while trying to succeed. ”

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

“ The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ I knew that, in a large degree, we were trying an experimentthat of testing whether or not it was possible for Negroes to build up and control the affairs of a large education institution. I knew that if we failed it wold injure the whole race. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ I knew that, in a large degree, we were trying an experimentthat of testing whether or not it was possible for Negroes to build up and control the affairs of a large education institution. I knew that if we failed it wold injure the whole race. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ 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

“ 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

“ Character is power. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ Freedom cannot be given; it must be purchased. ”

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

“ Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ We must reinforce argument with results. ”

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

“ 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

“ 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. ”

- Booker T. Washington

“ 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 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

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

- Booker T. Washington

“ 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

“ 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. ”

- Booker T. Washington

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

- Booker T. Washington

“ 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

“ Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him. ”

- Booker T. Washington
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