00:00No race that has had the opportunity to develop with the advantages of civilization has ever been known to fall
00:07behind.
00:08The Negro is not an exception to this rule.
00:12Booker T. Washington
00:16I have learned that the person who is afraid to go down into the mine is like the person who
00:22is afraid to go into the mine of poverty.
00:25The man who is afraid to go into the mine of poverty will never be able to get out of
00:30poverty.
00:31Booker T. Washington
00:36The white man's burden is to lift the black man up.
00:40The black man's burden is to lift himself up.
00:44Booker T. Washington
00:48Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
00:55Booker T. Washington
00:59I would rather be an honest beggar than a dishonest king.
01:04Booker T. Washington
01:08Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the
01:14obstacles which he has overcome.
01:17Booker T. Washington
01:21The opportunity to be of service to others is one of the greatest privileges of life.
01:27Booker T. Washington
01:39I believe that the only way to build up the colored race is to lay the foundation of industrial training.
01:47Booker T. Washington
01:51You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
01:56Booker T. Washington
02:00The fruits of one's labor are sweet, but the sweet results of labor are not gained by simply wishing.
02:07Booker T. Washington
02:12Character, capability, and common sense are the three essential qualities for success.
02:18Booker T. Washington
02:23I will not allow any man to cause me to stoop so low as to hate him.
02:28Booker T. Washington
02:32Booker T. Washington
02:33No race that has had the opportunity of civilization has ever failed to make progress.
02:39Booker T. Washington
02:43If you want to lift yourself up, lift up somebody else.
02:48Booker T. Washington
02:53Kindness is the beginning of all good things.
02:57Booker T. Washington
03:01The world's greatest want is the want of men who will dare to do right.
03:06Booker T. Washington
03:10The ability to do things well is the foundation upon which all true success is built.
03:17Booker T. Washington
03:21The thirst for knowledge is a lifelong pursuit.
03:25Booker T. Washington
03:29I have come to believe that the mission of Tuskegee is to do just this, to teach the Negro the
03:35dignity of labor.
03:37Booker T. Washington
03:39Booker T. Washington
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