It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSWhatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
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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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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It’s not failure but aiming too low, that is life’s greatest tragedy.
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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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[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.
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Man is what his dreams are.
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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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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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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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