Man is what his dreams are.
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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In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.
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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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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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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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Whatever 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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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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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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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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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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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