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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSHonest 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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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 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 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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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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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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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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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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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