Author: Booker T. Washington

Quotes

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

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

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

Top 10 Booker T. Washington Quotes

Top 10 Booker T. Washington Quotes

- 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

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

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

- 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

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

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