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

Character is power.
Booker T. Washington

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

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

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.
Booker T. Washington

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.
Booker T. Washington

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

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