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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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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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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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal 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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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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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Man is what his dreams are.
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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 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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