Benjamin E. Mays
Benjamin E. Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mayswas an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights, and the progression of political rights of African Americans in America. He was active working with world leaders, such as John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and John D. Rockefeller, in improving the social standing of minorities in politics, education, and business...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth1 August 1895
CountryUnited States of America
Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.
It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
Man is what his dreams are.
In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.
You have the ability, now apply yourself.
[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.
It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream...It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.
The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It's not failure but aiming too low, that is life's greatest tragedy.
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.