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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS[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.
More Benjamin E. Mays Quotes
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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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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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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 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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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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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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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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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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