Booker T. Washington

It can succeed then only in proportion as those who have responsibilities are conscientious in the highest degree.

Nearly sixteen millions of hands will aid you in pulling the load upward, or they will pull against you the load downward.

You must so shape your lives that the hundreds and thousands of those who are looking to you for guidance may profit by your example.

I want you, as you go out from this institution, whether you are graduates or not, whether you have been here one year or four years--to go out with the idea that you must set a high example for every one in your community.

The laws of changeless justice bind Oppressor with oppressed; And close as sin and suffering joined We march to fate abreast.

Under the influence of the Hampton-Tuskegee idea the races are coming into a closer sympathy and into an honourable and helpful relation.

There is nothing worse for a young man or young woman than to get into the habit of thinking that he or she must spend every night on the street or in some public place.

You cannot hope to succeed if you keep bad company.

If anywhere there are efforts tending to curtail the fullest growth of the Negro, let these efforts be turned into stimulating, encouraging, and making him the most useful and intelligent citizen.

Teach those with whom you come in contact that they cannot lead strong, moral lives unless they keep away from the gambling table.

Unless you do this you will find that you will go down as thousands of our young men have gone down--as thousands of our young men are constantly going down--who yield to the temptations which beset them.

There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.