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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.
I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.
How could I have been anyone other than me?
How could I have been anyone other than me?
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It read more
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to read more
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable read more
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be read more
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.
