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 More Quotes by Booker T. Washington More Quotes From Booker T. Washington Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this. Booker T. Washington errorscollegemen Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred Booker T. Washington african-americanhatredmen Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. Booker T. Washington bottomlaborcommon Character, not circumstances, makes the man. Booker T. Washington circumstancescharactermen We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. Booker T. Washington selfishnessignoranceclouds 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 independenceraceeducation There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. Booker T. Washington powerleadershiplife 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 doneraceworld The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate. Booker T. Washington famous-inspirationalracehands The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing. Booker T. Washington progressracestruggle In any country, regardless of what its laws say, wherever people act upon the idea that the disadvantage of one man is the good of another, there slavery exists. Wherever, in any country the whole people feel that the happiness of all is dependent upon the happiness of the weakest, there freedom exists. Booker T. Washington lawmencountry Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. Booker T. Washington athleteleadershipinspirational We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable. Booker T. Washington intelligenthandsideas 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 kwanzaablack-historyhands I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed. Booker T. Washington succeedpeopleideas Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough. Booker T. Washington where-you-areknowingenough Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else. Booker T. Washington laysusehelping The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts. Booker T. Washington wisdominspirationalknowledge The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him. Booker T. Washington upliftingselfyears We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are. Booker T. Washington bucketscommonway
