Benjamin E. Mays

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. ”

Not failure, but low aim is sin. ”

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. ”