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.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSHe 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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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 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 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 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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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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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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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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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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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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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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 lies in having no goal to reach
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