Booker T. Washington

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.

There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.