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
Booker T. Washington quotes about
opportunity grievance
Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
positive degrade
No one can degrade us except ourselves.
american-educator degrade hate man narrow permit soul
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
american-educator man
To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.
american-educator dignity field learns prosper race till
No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
life measured position reached success
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.
degrade hate man narrow permit soul
I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
positive strength success
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
inspirational life motivational
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
race office empathy
I never liked the atmosphere of Washington . I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders were spending most of their time, thought and energy in trying to get into office, or in trying to stay there after they were in.
believe men thinking
Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should try to get their people to think more highly of themselves. It's wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It's more wonderful when the leader believes in their people! You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
inspirational life success
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.
jobs race class
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
jobs race class
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.