Booker T. Washington Quotations

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

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.

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.