Booker T. Washington
sitemanagerCharacter, not circumstances, makes the man.
Booker T. Washington
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
Booker T. Washington
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Booker T. Washington
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
Booker T. Washington
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
Booker T. Washington
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. Washington
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 well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.