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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity — Booker T. Washington

I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a Christian, all that I am. — Cory Booker

The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal. — Booker T. Washington

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. — Booker T. Washington

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

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

We must reinforce argument with results. — Booker T. Washington

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. — Booker T. Washington

Ignorance is more costly to any State than education. — Booker T. Washington

Education is not a thing apart from life - not a "system," nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching how to live and how to work. — Booker T. Washington

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. — Booker T. Washington

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. — Booker T. Washington

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. — Booker T. Washington

Success always leaves footprints. — Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington, Buddha, John Dewey, Leo Buscaglia, Moses and Jesus. — Jack Canfield

My whole life has largely been one of surprises. — Booker T. Washington

You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are. — Cory Booker

If you think your lot has been hard, read 'Up From Slavery' by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been. — Napoleon Hill

The world cares little about what a man knows;it cares more about what a man is able to do. — Booker T. Washington

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

I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise. — Booker T. Washington

Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you. — Booker T. Washington

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. — Booker T. Washington

A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else. — Booker T. Washington

Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work. — Booker T. Washington

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it. — Booker T. Washington

No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. — Booker T. Washington

In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him. — Booker T. Washington

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him. — Booker T. Washington

Unless you got real short and real fat, you ain't no Booker T! — Stone Cold Steve Austin

If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome. — Booker T. Washington

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up. — Booker T. Washington

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself. — Booker T. Washington

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him. — Booker T. Washington

No one can degrade us except ourselves. — Booker T. Washington

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice. — Booker T. Washington

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are. — Booker T. Washington

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams. — Booker T. Washington

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something. — Cory Booker

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else. — Booker T. Washington

An inch of progress is worth a yard of complaint. — Booker T. Washington

The mayoral mentality is incredibly valuable. I don't want to lose that. — Cory Booker

That my mother had strength of character enough not to be led into the temptation of seeming to be that which she was not - of — Booker T. Washington

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. — Booker T. Washington

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. — Booker T. Washington

If you want the things people don't have, you have to do the things other people will not do. — Cory Booker

You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too. — Booker T. Washington

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. — Booker T. Washington

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood. — Booker T. Washington

When American citizens pull together, there is little we can't accomplish. — Cory Booker

Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was. — Ed Smith

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him. — Booker T. Washington

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great. — Booker T. Washington

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

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother. — Booker T. Washington

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances. — Booker T. Washington

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. — Booker T. Washington

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race. — Ian McEwan

Character, not circumstance, makes the person. — Booker T. Washington

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate. — Booker T. Washington

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it. — Booker T. Washington

[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it for the Booker Prize. — Bernice Rubens

It defies logic that protections against predatory debt collection practices don't apply to debt collectors hired by the federal government. — Cory Booker

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. — Booker T. Washington

the most miserable are those who do the — Booker T. Washington

I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.' — Dan Stevens

There was a small point in my life in law school, right before I moved to Newark, when I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I felt so lost. — Cory Booker

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. — Booker T. Washington

The thing that impressed itself most on me in Holland was the thoroughness of the agriculture and the excellence of the Holstein cattle. I — Booker T. Washington

Character is power. — Booker T. Washington

Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed — Booker T. Washington

When people jump on your mistakes, don't hide from them; let people know that you're human, too. — Cory Booker

You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. — Cory Booker

Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker ... there is no escape ... people drag others or lift others up. — Booker T. Washington

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist. — Benjamin Booker

The study of art that does not result in making the strong less willing to suppress the weak means little. — Booker T. Washington

I will permit no man to narrow & degrade my sould by making me hate him. — Booker T. Washington

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals. — Booker T. Washington

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth. — Booker T. Washington

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

rich people are coming to regard men and women who apply to them for help for worthy objects, not as beggars, but as agents for doing their work. — Booker T. Washington

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity. — Booker T. Washington

Character, not circumstances, makes the man. — Booker T. Washington

Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else. — Booker T. Washington

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. — Booker T. Washington

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

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. — Booker T. Washington

I don't know what God has planned for me or you or anyone, but I do know that in darkness, you discover an indistinguishable light. — Cory Booker

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come — Booker T. Washington

There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all. — Booker T. Washington

Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is. — Booker T. Washington

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race. — Booker T. Washington

What most Americans don't realize is a lot of the challenges we're struggling with today are the result of conscious housing policies. — Cory Booker

Education is not what a person is able to hold in his head, so much as it is what a person is able to find.I — Booker T. Washington

Being vegan for me is a cleaner way of not participating in practices that don't align with my values. — Cory Booker

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. — Booker T. Washington

Each one should remember there is a chance for him. — Booker T. Washington

Don't give in to cynicism. It is a toxic spiritual state. — Cory Booker

Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control. — Booker T. Washington

Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don't think so. — Cory Booker