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. Booker T. Washington Read Quote
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. Booker T. Washington Read Quote
There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. Booker T. Washington Read Quote
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. Booker T. Washington Read Quote
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. Booker T. Washington Read Quote
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. Booker T. Washington Read Quote
Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. Booker T. Washington Read Quote