Author: Booker T. Washington

Quotes

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

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

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

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

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

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

- 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.

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.

- 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 had to overcome while trying to succeed.

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

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

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

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

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

- Booker T. Washington

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

- Booker T. Washington

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

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

- Booker T. Washington

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