Had (I) been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my ancestry and my colour to do that for me which I should do for myself. Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
Booker T. WashingtonThere are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. WashingtonThe world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
Booker T. WashingtonI think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.
Booker T. Washington