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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.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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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.
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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.
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I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
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I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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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.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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