BENJAMIN E. MAYS quotes and sayings

Benjamin E. Mays quotes

Benjamin E. Mays quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

#Dream Quotes #Calamity Quotes
“You have the ability, now apply yourself.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

#Ability Quotes
“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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to the conditions of the New World.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

Source : Benjamin E. Mays (2011). “Born to Rebel: An Autobiography”, p.22, University of Georgia Press

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“A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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“Failure isn't in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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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.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

#Men Quotes #Strive Quotes #Born Quotes
“It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.”
-- Benjamin E. Mays

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