People/W
The quotations of
African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
1856–1915
14 quotes, most often on Race, Success and Work.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top.
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915Booker T. Washington1856–1915Booker T. Washington1856–1915
