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47 Great Quotes By Booker T. Washington That Will Mould Your Personality

Famous As: American Educator Who was the Dominant Leader of the African-American Community Between 1890 and 1915
Born On: April 5, 1856
Died On: November 14, 1915
Born In: Westlake Corner, Virginia, United States
Died At Age: 59
Booker T. Washington was an African-American leader who is remembered for tirelessly working for the betterment of his people. From a little black boy, born as a slave, at a tobacco plantation, he went on to become the advisor of three American Presidents. Washington is also acclaimed as an author, orator and educator. The ‘Tuskegee University’ in Alabama stands as a living example to his accomplishments. His 1895 speech ‘Atlanta Compromise” made him a national figure. Since he predominantly trained blacks on vocational subjects to earn a living, people observed that he advocated the blacks as slaves to the whites. His sayings and thoughts will inspire you to leave behind the negative and chase the positive. His words and speeches, which are frequently quoted, will provide you food for thought. Though his journey was not easy, he accomplished it with sincere dedication, determination and hard work; his quotes motivate us to do the same!
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 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 overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Booker T. Washington
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Booker T. Washington
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

Booker T. Washington
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company

Booker T. Washington
Character, not circumstance, makes the person.

Character, not circumstance, makes the person.

Booker T. Washington
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

Booker T. Washington
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.

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
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

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
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Booker T. Washington
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity

Booker T. Washington
The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.

Booker T. Washington
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Booker T. Washington
Success always leaves footprints.

Success always leaves footprints.

Booker T. Washington
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Booker T. Washington
The world cares little about what a man knows;it cares more about what a man is able to do.

The world cares little about what a man knows;it cares more about what a man is able to do.

Booker T. Washington
Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed

Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed

Booker T. Washington
The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

Booker T. Washington
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

Booker T. Washington
It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.

It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.

Booker T. Washington
Character is power.

Character is power.

Booker T. Washington
I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Booker T. Washington
Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

Booker T. Washington
Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.

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

Booker T. Washington
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

Booker T. Washington
It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.

Booker T. Washington
In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him.

In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him.

Booker T. Washington
I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Booker T. Washington
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

Booker T. Washington
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Booker T. Washington
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington
In all things social we can be as seperate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

In all things social we can be as seperate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

Booker T. Washington
I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.

I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.

Booker T. Washington
The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.

The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.

Booker T. Washington
Success is not to be measured so much by the status one has attained in life but rather by the obstacles one has overcome while trying to succeed.

Success is not to be measured so much by the status one has attained in life but rather by the obstacles one has overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington
Education is not a thing apart from life—not a

Education is not a thing apart from life—not a "system," nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching how to live and how to work.

Booker T. Washington
Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Booker T. Washington
My experience has been that the time to test a true gentleman is to observe him when he is in contact with individuals of a race that is less fortunate than his own.

My experience has been that the time to test a true gentleman is to observe him when he is in contact with individuals of a race that is less fortunate than his own.

Booker T. Washington
A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

Booker T. Washington
That my mother had strength of character enough not to be led into the temptation of seeming to be that which she was not—of

That my mother had strength of character enough not to be led into the temptation of seeming to be that which she was not—of

Booker T. Washington
I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.

Booker T. Washington
I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice.

Booker T. Washington
I will permit no man to narrow & degrade my sould by making me hate him.

I will permit no man to narrow & degrade my sould by making me hate him.

Booker T. Washington
In all my teaching I have watched carefully the influence of the tooth-brush, and I am convinced that there are few single agencies of civilization that are more far-reaching.

In all my teaching I have watched carefully the influence of the tooth-brush, and I am convinced that there are few single agencies of civilization that are more far-reaching.

Booker T. Washington
One of the highest and surest signs of civilization is that a people have learned to obey the commands of those who are placed over them.

One of the highest and surest signs of civilization is that a people have learned to obey the commands of those who are placed over them.

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