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.
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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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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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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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 circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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 lies in having no goal to reach
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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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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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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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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 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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