[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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSThe tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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 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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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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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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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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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 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.
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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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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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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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