Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSHe 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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It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
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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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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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Man is what his dreams are.
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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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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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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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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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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