Booker Washington

Booker T. Washington.

Born	May 5, 1856 Franklin County, Virginia
Died	November 14, 1915 New York, New York

American educator and activist. Best known for Up from Slavery (1901). Head of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (later Tuskegee University).

The repository contains four quotes from Booker T. Washington.

Behavior

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

Reputation

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do.

Responsibility • Trust

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

Work

No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.