The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSHonest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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 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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Man is what his dreams are.
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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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[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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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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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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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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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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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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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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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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