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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

Benjamin E. Mays

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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Men Something Unique
The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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Life Lows Tragedy
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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Believe People White
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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Goal Lying Weight Loss
I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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Believe Life Unique
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
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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Communication Honest Integrity
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
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
Man is what his dreams are.
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Desire Dream Men
You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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Ability Apply Yourself
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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God Light Spiritual
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
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
A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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Believe Children Inspirational

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

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