Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSFailure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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The tragedy lies in having no goal 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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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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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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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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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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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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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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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