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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 had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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 had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Approximate author period: c. 1885 AD · industrial
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- Booker T. Washington
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- Approximate author period: c. 1885 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Booker T. Washington: life dates 1856 to 1915. Wikidata Q319871, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319871 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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