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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.

Benjamin E. Mays

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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Communication Intelligent School
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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Call Communication Hardly
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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Calamity Dream Reaching Goals Stars
The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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Life Lows Tragedy
You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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Ability Apply Yourself
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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Goal Life Reaching Stars
Man is what his dreams are.
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Desire Dream Men
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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Born Men Strive
The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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Center Circumstances Drawn Set
Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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Goal Reaching Swimming
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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People Tasks Wells
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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Dream Lying Stars
We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.
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Battle Liberty Today
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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Communication Honest Integrity
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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Goals Dreams Lying Mind
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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Men Race Running

The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.

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