Meandering, meandering, meandering we go . . .

Today is the birthday of Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915), political leader, educator, orator and author.

"Character, not circumstances, makes the man." - Booker T. Washington

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

"Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon." - Booker T. Washington

"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." - Booker T. Washington

"To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him." - Booker T. Washington

"I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else." - Booker T. Washington

"The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do." - Booker T. Washington

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