The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
BENJAMIN E. MAYSThe 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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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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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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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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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
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Failure isn’t in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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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 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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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 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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The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
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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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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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The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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