You have the ability, now ...

You have the ability, now apply yourself.
 Benjamin E. Mays

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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.
 Benjamin E. Mays
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.
 Benjamin E. Mays
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
 Benjamin E. Mays
We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.
 Benjamin E. Mays