Excellence is to do a common ...

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
 Booker T. Washington

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
 Booker T. Washington
If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
 Booker T. Washington
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
 Booker T. Washington
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
 Booker T. Washington
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come
 Booker T. Washington