Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washingtonwas an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth5 April 1856
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational success uplifting
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
positive hate angel
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
character men circumstances
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
ignorance clouds selfishness
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
character heart hands
You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
ideas people succeed
I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
hands kwanzaa black-history
In all things social we can be as seperate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
ignorance states
Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
life karma humility
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.
two might habit
Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.
heart race prejudice
I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
get-well mean race
There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.
intelligent hands ideas
We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.
running long world
Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.