"For nearly a century, the South made itself……" — Benjamin E. Mays
"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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27 Quotes by Benjamin E. Mays
Benjamin E. Mays has 27 quotes on this site.
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I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
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The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too…
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In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death…
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He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man…
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We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch…
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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 isn't more light we need, it isn't more truth, and it isn't more scientific data. It is more Christ,…
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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…
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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…
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Failure isn't in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.
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You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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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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