Maxioms by Booker T. Washington
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing read more
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind read more
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this read more
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he read more
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.