Quotes for Kids Compiled by Katura J. Hudson Illustrations by Howard Simpson

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
— attributed to Booker T. Washington

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The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
— Muhammad Ali

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If you don’t have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have.
–Anonymous

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A man can get along if he has faith in the goodness of other people and believes in himself.
— Roy Wilkins

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I don’t think I was courageous. I think I was determined.
–Daisy Bates

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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
– Golden rule

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If you want to have a friend. You must be a friend.
–Nandi

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The best time to do a thing is when it can be done.
– William Pickens

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Yesterday can take care of itself.
–Traditional

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Many people worry. but they don’t do anything about it.
– Pearl Bailey

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To have a successful future. I know I must prepare for it.
— Robo

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Count your blessings not your troubles.
–Traditional

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We must find an alternative to violence. The eye for an eye philosophy leaves everybody blind.
–Dr. Martin Luther King

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No race can prosper 'til it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
– Booker T. Washington

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Before healing others, heal thyself.

• Wolof proverb

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