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.....

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

In later years, I confess that I do not envy the white boy as I once did. I have learned that success....

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

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.

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

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

I knew that, in a large degree, we were trying an experiment--that of testing whether or not it was possible....

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