Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

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Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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