Booker T. Washington Quotes about Success

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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.

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.

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Life, Success

Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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

Booker T. Washington

Positive, Strength, Success

Booker T. Washington (1904*). “Address of Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute: Before the National Educational Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1904”

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

"Up from Slavery".

Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been a person who has risen by overcoming obstacles, by removing difficulties, by resolving that when he met discouragement he would not give up.

Booker T. Washington

Success, Determination, Giving Up

Booker T. Washington (2013). “The Booker T. Washington Reader”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

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

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

Booker T. Washington (2012). “Up from Slavery”, p.91, Courier Corporation

Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.

Booker T. Washington

Family, Success, Inspiration

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

Booker T. Washington

Success, Determination, Men

Booker T. Washington, Louis R. Harlan (1976). “The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1899-1900”, p.384, University of Illinois Press

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

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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.

Booker T. Washington

Success, Attention, Life Is

I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.

Booker T. Washington

Life, Success, Hope