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
race long world
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
african-american world remember
Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
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.
inspirational men world
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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.
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.
hate men lows
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
wells can-do
Do not do that which others can do as well.
education mind done
Too often the educational value of doing well what is done, however little, is overlooked. One thing well done prepares the mind to do the next thing better. Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.
believe race done
I believe that my race will succeed in proportion as it learns to do a common thing in an uncommon manner; learns to do a thing so thoroughly that no one can improve upon what it has done; learns to make its services of indispensable value.