It 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. MAYSIf what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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It 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.
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Many 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.
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[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.
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He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.
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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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It isn’t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
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Man is what his dreams are.
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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.
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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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The 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.
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It isn’t more light we need, it isn’t more truth, and it isn’t more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.
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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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