Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
ARTHUR ASHEYou really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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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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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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.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
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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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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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