Quotes by : 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.....

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do....

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

In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves,....

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

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

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

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life....

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and....

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