"He who starts behind in the great race……" — Benjamin E. Mays
"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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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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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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Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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