Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856–1915) was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community.
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
—Booker T. Washington
An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
—Booker T. Washington
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
—Booker T. Washington
There are two ways of exerting one’s strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
—Booker T. Washington
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed.
—Booker T. Washington
Topics: Success, Obstacles, Failure
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
—Booker T. Washington
I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim which says, “Do not get others to do that which you can do yourself”. My motto, on the other hand, is, “Do not do that which others can do as well”.
—Booker T. Washington
Topics: Confidence
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed.
—Booker T. Washington
Any man’s life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of this kind if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day of his life — that is, tries to make each day reach as nearly as possible the high-water mark of pure, unselfish, useful living.
—Booker T. Washington
You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
—Booker T. Washington
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