Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
ARTHUR ASHEThe best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
More Arthur Ashe Quotes
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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With what we give, we make a life.
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My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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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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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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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 guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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