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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSEvery 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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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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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 tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but 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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Man is what his dreams are.
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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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