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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Built Communication Honest Integrity Other Respect Truth

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The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Ability Above Below Capacities Complacency Doing Failure Life Little Living Much Often Our Rather Too Too Much Tragedy

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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.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Borne Goal Goals Having Lie Lies Life Mind Must Reach Reaching Tragedy Your

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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.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Capture Disaster Ideal Unable Your

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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

Topics: Calamity Die Dream Dreams Unfulfilled

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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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Topics: Disgrace Reach Stars

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If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Communication False Hardly

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Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Argued Between Broken Communication Court Decision Down Intelligent Intelligent People Many May People Public Public Schools Races Schools Segregation Since States Supreme Supreme Court United United States Well-Meaning

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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

Topics: Born Distinctive Does Done Every Every Man He He Or She Man Never She Something Unique Will Woman World

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Not failure, but low aim is sin.

~Benjamin E. Mays

Topics: Aim Failure Low Sin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: August 1st, 1895

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