Tuskegee, AL…Booker T. Washington April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915.  A Bit of Wisdom from Booker T. Washington on his Birthday.

“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.”

“No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.”

“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.”

“There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.”

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

“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“Character is power.”