I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSWe, 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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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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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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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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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but 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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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 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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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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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It isn’t more light we need, it isn’t more truth, and it isn’t more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.
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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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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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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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