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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

Benjamin E. Mays

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
The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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Center Circumstances Drawn Set
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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Art Boys Halfway Normal White
Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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Goal Reaching Swimming
Man is what his dreams are.
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Desire Dream Men
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
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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Capture Disaster Ideals
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
[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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Believe May Today Tomorrow
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
I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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Believe Life Unique
The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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Life Lows Tragedy
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
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
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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Call Communication Hardly

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

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