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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSMany 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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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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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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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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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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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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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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Man is what his dreams are.
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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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 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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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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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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