We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.
ARTHUR ASHEI keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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It is not just the more talented player who wins. Some players may try a little harder.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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