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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

Benjamin E. Mays

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. MAYS

Born Men Strive
Man is what his dreams are.
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Desire Dream Men
[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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Believe May Today Tomorrow
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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Determination Integrity Soul
You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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Ability Apply Yourself
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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Call Communication Hardly
The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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Life Lows Tragedy
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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Goals Dreams Lying Mind
We, 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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Battle Liberty Today
A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Believe Children Inspirational
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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Calamity Dream Reaching Goals Stars
Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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Goal Reaching Swimming
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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Communication Intelligent School
The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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Center Circumstances Drawn Set
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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Men Race Running
I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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Believe Life Unique

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