Booker T. Washington

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Character is power.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.