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Booker T. Washington Quotes

Booker T. Washington quotes about learning

American Educator April 5, 1856 – November 15, 1915

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I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done. Booker T. Washington
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs? partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington quote: "No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much..."
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
Booker T. Washington quote: "I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are..."
I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Booker T. Washington

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