rich people are coming to regard men and women who apply to them for help for worthy objects, not as beggars, but as agents for doing their work. - Booker T. Washington

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

From his example in this respect I learned the lesson that great man cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.