I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. ― Booker T. Washington

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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. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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I had a mink, and I had money and I was miserable.

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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ― Francesca Reigler

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As we open our hearts to others, we begin to discover the truth of our own inner beauty, inner strength and inner light. — Susan Jeffers

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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. ― H. Jackson Brown Jr

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Perhaps, somewhere, some day, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again.

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. ― Booker T. Washington

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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.

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