In nine cases out of ten, the person who cultivates the habit of looking on the dark side of life is the little person, the miserable person, the one who is weak in mind, heart and purpose.
Washington critiques a negative mindset, associating it with weakness and a lack of progress.
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The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.
As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.
Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.
I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.