No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling the field as in writing the poem. Society oppression freedom The world cares very little about what a man knows it is what a man is able to do that counts. Hate anger One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. Hate I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Work labor I permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Hate There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Happiness I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. Įnemies Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Ĭharity You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. Obstacles success what is success An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction. Washington Quotes 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 overcome while trying to succeed.

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