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I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
Me
Man
Soul
Hate
My Soul
Shall
Allow
Him
Making
Belittle
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Booker T. Washington
Alone
Good
Quality
Yourself
People
Better
Bad
Good Quality
Than
Company
Associate
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
Booker T. Washington
Work
Hard Work
Worth
Result
Nothing
Having
Except
Hard
Ever
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
Benjamin E. Mays
Truth
Respect
Integrity
Communication
Other
Built
Honest
Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.
Mother Angelica
Forgiveness
Memory
Hate
Pride
Passion
Compassion
Our
Constant
Makes
Self-Pity
Hearts
Lack
Whirlwind
Us
Resentful
Keeps
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. Washington
Life
Success
Overcome
He
Obstacles
Reached
Which
Success Is
Much
Measured
Position
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.
Benjamin E. Mays
Life
Failure
Too Much
Living
Complacency
Too
Our
Ability
Above
Rather
Doing
Tragedy
Often
Little
Capacities
Much
Below
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington
Life
Success
Overcome
Had
He
Obstacles
Reached
Learned
Trying
Which
While
Succeed
Success Is
Much
Measured
Position
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
People
Old
Clever
Young
Kind
Admire
Admired
Clever People
Am
Now
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Timothy Leary
Women
Men
Ambition
Seek
Equal
Lack
Who
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
Horace Mann
Death
You
Humanity
Victory
Some
Until
Won
Die
Ashamed
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Maria Montessori
Never
He
Feels
Child
Task
Which
Succeed
Help
When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars.
Mother Angelica
Pride
Walls
Hatred
Build
Prisoner
Ourselves
More
Around
Surely
Concrete
Begin
Imprisoned
Iron
Than
Any
Behind
Prejudice
Bars
When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it's easier to make different choices. Instead of viewing the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Dean Ornish
Time
Family
Survival
Long
Live
Luxuries
Relationships
Our
Spend
Easier
See
Instead
Powerful
Between
Most
Most Powerful
Make
Well-Being
Understand
How
Friends
Friends And Family
Different
Choices
Viewing
Connection
Among
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Booker T. Washington
Character
Man
Circumstances
Makes
The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.
Ken Robinson
Creative
Culture
Leader
Everyone
Valued
Feel
Ideas
Role
Where
Create
The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'
Maria Montessori
Success
Teacher
Say
Sign
Able
Greatest
Exist
Did
Children
Working
Now
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
John W. Gardner
Good
Humble
Water
Will
Society
Philosophy
Neither
Plumbing
Exalted
Excellence
Because
Nor
Pipes
Hold
Which
Theories
Activity
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Robert M. Hutchins
Death
Democracy
Will
Slow
Indifference
Likely
Apathy
Assassination
Extinction
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Alan Dundes
You
People
Speak
Light
Some People
Faster
Some
Until
Sound
Hear
Than
Them
Appear
Bright
Why
Travels
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.
Sarah Louise Delany
Life
You
Life Is Short
Sweet
Make
Up
Short
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
Booker T. Washington
Life
Success
Day
Small Things
Every Day
Every
Rather
Small
Uncommon
Attention
Remote
Than
Us
Large
Founded
Nearest
Things
Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.
Maria Montessori
Soul
Joy
Value
Feeling
Own
Enormous
Others
Factors
Human
Being
Loved
Capable
Production
Useful
Human Soul
Appreciated
It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.
Sherry Turkle
Good
Cell Phone
Phones
Phone
Old
Parents
Cell Phones
Show Off
Side
Good Old Days
Blackberry
Having
Football
Football Games
Days
Read
Without
Off
Trying
Cell
Handy
Children
Nostalgic
Old Days
Movies
Them
Disney
Used
Show
Painful
Games
Who
Watch
True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
John W. Gardner
Happiness
True Happiness
Power
True
Talents
Involves
Use
Full
All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
You
Suffering
Stress
Looking
Addiction
Realizing
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