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Booker T. Washington Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Educator
Nationality: American
Born: April 5, 1856
Died: November 15, 1915

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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.
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Character is power.
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You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.
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.
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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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