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. MAYSWhatever 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.
More Benjamin E. Mays Quotes
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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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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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 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 isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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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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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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Man is what his dreams are.
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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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 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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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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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,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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