Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSWhatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSYou have the ability, now apply yourself.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSMany well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIt must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIf what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIt is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIt isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSWe, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSI believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSEvery man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSThe tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
BENJAMIN E. MAYSFailure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSA child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSThe tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream…It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIt is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSThe circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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