Benjamin E. Mays

If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication. Benjamin E. Mays

Communication False Hardly

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

Disgrace Reach Star

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. Benjamin E. Mays

Done loving a woman Man

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. Benjamin E. Mays

Goals Life Lying

Not failure, but low aim is sin. Benjamin E. Mays

Aim Failure Low

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. Benjamin E. Mays

Broken Communication Decision

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

Communication Integrity Respect

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

Calamity Die Dream

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. Benjamin E. Mays

Complacency Failure Life