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.
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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[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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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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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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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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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, 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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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Man is what his dreams are.
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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 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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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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