The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIf what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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.
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Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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Every 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.
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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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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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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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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 circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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.
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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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[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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