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.
Interpretation
Strive for excellence in all your endeavors.
This quote emphasizes the importance of pursuing excellence in every action we take. Benjamin E. Mays inspires individuals to put forth their utmost effort, suggesting that one should aim to achieve a level of skill and dedication that surpasses all predecessors and successors.
In practice
Use this quote when giving a speech on pursuing your passions.
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.
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.
It isn't more light we need, it isn't more truth, and it isn't more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.
A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.
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.
He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.
Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together β man, you got it.
Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.
Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.
There's this really awesome theory of human motivation - that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to belong, and one is be free, as in to have choice: to not be told what to do but to choose what to do.
You can fail at what you donβt want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.
People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.
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