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    Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
    are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
    us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
    determination.

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The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more

The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.

by Sy Leon Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Then hail! thou noble conqueror! That, when tyranny oppressed, hewed for our fathers from the wild. A land wherein to read more

Then hail! thou noble conqueror! That, when tyranny oppressed, hewed for our fathers from the wild. A land wherein to rest.

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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

by Bertolt Brecht Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.

When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.

by Abraham Maslow Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep read more

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness?

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Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.

Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.

by German Proverb Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

by N Eldon Tanner Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

by Wayne Dyer Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could
do it so well that no one read more

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could
do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

by Cardinal Newman Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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