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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSFor 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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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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Man is what his dreams are.
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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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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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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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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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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 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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