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Benjamin E. Mays Quotes: The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to the conditions of the New World.
         

The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to the conditions of the New World.


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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 to be born could do it any better.

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.



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Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.



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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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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.



A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.



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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 for.



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[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.





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