| Booker T. Washington |
Booker T. Washington was an African-American who rose from slavery to
gaining national prestige. He lived from 1856 to 1915. He was an author and an
educator teaching at a school which is now known as Hampton University. He
is credited as being one of the most influential black men of his time. Two of
his books that he wrote are, "The Life of Frederick Douglass" published in 1907
and "Up From Slavery" published in 1901.
"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
"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 had to overcome while trying to
succeed."
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing
a poem."
"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."
"One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the
ditch with him."
"Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large
things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote
and uncommon."
The American Triumph Journal is a free online magazine.
gaining national prestige. He lived from 1856 to 1915. He was an author and an
educator teaching at a school which is now known as Hampton University. He
is credited as being one of the most influential black men of his time. Two of
his books that he wrote are, "The Life of Frederick Douglass" published in 1907
and "Up From Slavery" published in 1901.
"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
"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 had to overcome while trying to
succeed."
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing
a poem."
"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."
"One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the
ditch with him."
"Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large
things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote
and uncommon."
The American Triumph Journal is a free online magazine.
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