No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.Booker T. Washington
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
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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.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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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 he has overcome.
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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.
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