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.
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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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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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 lies in having no goal to reach
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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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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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Man is what his dreams are.
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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 circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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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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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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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