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
success thinking self
I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
uplifting self years
The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
struggle self-confidence race
Let us keep before us the fact that, almost without exception, every race or nation that has ever got upon its feet has done so through struggle and trial and persecution; and that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
self calm patient
Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
ignorance clouds selfishness
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
character rights political
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
mean thinking foundation
It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
race connections individual
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
way buckets common
We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
integrity race individual
A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
opportunity grievance
Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
ideas may want
From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
brother men color
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
hate men lows
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.