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Black-belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches, Addresses, and Talks to Students of Booker T. Washington ...

Book by Booker T. Washington · 5 quotes · Amount, Character, Civilization

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Black-belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches, Addresses, and Talks to Students of Booker T. Washington ... Quotes

“The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.”

“You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.”