It isn’t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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[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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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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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 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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