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Booker T. Washington Quotes

«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 while trying to succeed.»
«Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.»
«The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.»
Author: Booker T. Washington | Keywords: cares, counts
«Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highlyof them, when instead they should try to get their people tothink more highly of themselves.It?s wonderful when the people believe in their leader.It?s more wonderful when the leader believes in their people!You can?t hold a man down withoutstaying down with him.? Booker T. Washington»
«Character is power.»
«I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.»
«Character, not circumstances, make the man.»
Author: Booker T. Washington | About: Character | Keywords: circumstances
«Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.»
Author: Booker T. Washington | Keywords: result
«I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.»
«If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.»

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