Booker T. Washington Quotes

I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

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.

The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.

There is no power on earth, that can neutralize the influence of a high, pure, simple and useful life.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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.