You may go out and make great speeches, you may write books or addresses which are great literature, but unless you have character behind what you say and write, it will amount to nothing; it will all go to the winds.
Washington emphasizes the importance of character behind one's words and actions for them to have real impact.
Share
More from Booker T. Washington
No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.
I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
When persons ask me in these days how, in the midst of what sometimes seem hopelessly discouraging conditions, I can have such faith in the future of my race in this country, I remind them of the wilderness through which and out of which…
I have always looked upon fame as something to be used in accomplishing good.