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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
Failure isn't in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach. — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication. — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
[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… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself. — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
“It is born in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal. The tragedy of life lies in… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things. — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set. — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
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