We have cleared the forests, reclaimed the land, and are building cities, railroads, and great institutions. - Booker T. Washington

The ambition to secure an education was most praiseworthy and encouraging. The idea, however, was too prevalent that, as soon as one secured a little education, in some unexplainable way he would be free from most of the hardships of the world, and, at any rate, could live without manual labour. There was a further feeling that a knowledge, however little, of the Greek and Latin languages would make one a very superior human being, something bordering almost on the supernatural.

The world cares little about what a man knows;it cares more about what a man is able to do.

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