More quotes by Booker T. Washington

"The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women."
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed."
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
"You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals."