Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can add it. Read full biography of Benjamin E. Mays →
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... →
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.
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.
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
Not failure, but low aim is sin.
Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the... →
If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.
It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white... →