Man is what his dreams are.
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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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 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 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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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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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal 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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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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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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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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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