The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSA child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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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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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Man is what his dreams are.
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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.
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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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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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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It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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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