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.
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,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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Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.
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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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Man is what his dreams are.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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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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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 circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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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