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

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) American educator, writer
(Attributed)

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) American educator, writer
(Attributed)

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 overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) American educator, writer
Up from Slavery, ch. 2 (1901)