It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
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.
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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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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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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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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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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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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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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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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