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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSYou have the ability, now apply yourself.
More Benjamin E. Mays Quotes
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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 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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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 isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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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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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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[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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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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A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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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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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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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