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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSIt 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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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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.
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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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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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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The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream…It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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It isn’t more light we need, it isn’t more truth, and it isn’t more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.
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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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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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