The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
Booker T. WashingtonRead
If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.
Interpretation
Reading is essential for achieving dreams and aspirations.
This quote emphasizes the critical role of literacy in realizing one's potential and dreams. Without the ability to read, individuals may struggle to access information, opportunities, and the tools necessary to pursue their aspirations, making it challenging to turn dreams into reality.
In practice
During a lecture on the importance of education, I referenced Booker T. Washington's quote to inspire students.
The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems _x000D_ that political independence disappears without economic independence _x000D_ that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read a book with great difficulty, moving their lips as they puzzle out each syllable, when someone tells them that the book is unfit to read.
In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes.
I never need to find time to read. When people say to me, βOh, yeah, I love reading. I would love to read, but I just donβt have time,β Iβm thinking, βHow can you not have time?β I read when Iβm drying my hair. I read in the bath. I read when Iβm sitting in the bathroom. Pretty much anywhere I can do the job one-handed, I read.
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