You have more respect for yourselves, and other people have more respect for you, when you get into the habit of polishing your shoes, no matter where you are, but especially when you are at school.
In this quote, Washington highlights the significance of maintaining a polished appearance, especially in educational settings.
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This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.
In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.
We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.