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 More Quotes by Booker T. Washington More Quotes From Booker T. Washington You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him. Booker T. Washington trouble helping men If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome. Booker T. Washington overcoming want men I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else. Booker T. Washington self success thinking You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. Booker T. Washington stay-strong letting-go men If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother. Booker T. Washington mothers-day mom attention I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him. Booker T. Washington positivity hate positive Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth. Booker T. Washington individual connections race An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction. Booker T. Washington application clarity communicate It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself. Booker T. Washington foundation mean thinking If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian. Booker T. Washington christian men years The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build. Booker T. Washington sight house class I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington color hate men A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up. Booker T. Washington individual race integrity From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery. Booker T. Washington slavery return ideas Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances. Booker T. Washington grievance opportunity My whole life has largely been one of surprises. Booker T. Washington whole-life surprise whole Each one should remember there is a chance for him. Booker T. Washington words-of-wisdom african-american chance I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow. Booker T. Washington prejudice race heart Do not do that which others can do as well. Booker T. Washington wells can-do No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. Booker T. Washington degrees race long
