Booker T. Washington

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

Booker T. Washington

It is the smaller, the petty, things in life that divide people. It is the great tasks that bring men together.

Booker T. Washington

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

Booker T. Washington

Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.

Booker T. Washington

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Booker T. Washington

No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral wellbeing of the place in which he lives is long left without proper reward.

Booker T. Washington

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

Booker T. Washington

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

Booker T. Washington

Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

Booker T. Washington

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Booker T. Washington