Booker T. Washington: “We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.”

I can scarcely imagine any torture, except, perhaps, the pulling of a tooth, that is equal to that caused by putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

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 long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.