我已瞭解成功的衡量並不是依一個人在生命中所到達的地位，而是他在追求成功的過程中所需要克服的阻礙。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. – Booker T. Washington, Educator
我已瞭解成功的衡量並不是依一個人在生命中所到達的地位，而是他在追求成功的過程中所需要克服的阻礙。– 布克‧華盛頓 (教育家)
布克‧華盛頓 (1856-1915) 是美國早期重要的黑人領袖，他在黑人族群中有廣泛的支持者，同時也獲得一些重要白人權貴的支持，有顯著的政治地位，他籌集資金在美國南方建立了數以千計的學校，並促進美國早期黑人與白人之間的和諧關係。