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Rather fail with honor then succeed by fraud.
~Unknown~
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It is better to die on your feet then to live
on your knees. ~Emiliano Zapata~
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I may not have gone where I intended to go,
but I think I ended up where I intended to be.
~Douglas Adams~
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If I had to choose between betraying my country
and betraying my friend, I hope I should have
the guts to betray my country. ~E.M. Forster~
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It is much more secure to be feared then to
be loved. ~Niccob Machiavelli~
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Better keep yourself clean and bright; You are
the window which you must see the world. ~George
Bernard Shaw~
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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over
and expecting different results. ~A. Einstein~
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I learned it is the weak who are cruel, and
that gentleness is to be expected only from
the strong. ~Leo Rosten~
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, & nothing
so gentle as real strength. ~R. Sockman~
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A lie told often enough becomes truth. ~Lenin
(Vladimir Ulyanov)~
* Speak softly and carry a big stick; You will
go far. ~Theodore Roosevelt~
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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear
what you say. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
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Our character is what we do when we think no
one is looking. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.~
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To measure the man, measure his heart. ~Malcolm
Stevenson Forbes~
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The true test of character is not how much we
know how to do, but how we behave when we don't
know what to do. ~John Holt~
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The measure of a man's real character is not
where he stands in moments of comfort, but where
he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~
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The measure of a man's real character is what
he would do if he knew he would never be found
out. ~Thomas Macaulay~
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I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
Because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching
for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a
might-have-been by far; for a might-have-been
has never been, but a has was once an are. ~Milton
Berle~
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In the depths of winter I finally learned there
was in me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus~
* No Pessimist ever
discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed
to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway
for the human spirit. ~Helen Keller~
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An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most
precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like
oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping
the mind smooth and equable in the roughest
weather. ~Washington Irving~
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She would rather light candles than curse the
darkness and her glow has warmed the world.
~Adlai Stevenson - About Eleanor Roosevelt~
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You can complain because roses have thorns,
or you can rejoice that thorns have roses. ~Ziggy~
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A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit
it. ~Anon~
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We are told never to cross a bridge until we
come to it, but this world is owned by men who
have crossed bridges' in their imagination far
ahead of the crowd. ~Unknown~
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph. What we obtain to cheap, we esteem
too lightly; it is dearness only that gives
everything it's value. I love the man that can
smile in trouble, that can gather strength from
distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis
the business of little minds to shrink; but
he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience
approves his conduct, will pursue his principals
unto death. ~Thomas Paine~
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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll
land among the stars. ~Les Brown~
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You can't build a reputation on what you are
going to do. ~Henry Ford~
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To accomplish great things, we must not only
act, but also dream; Not only plan, but also
believe. ~Anatole France~
* Keep away from people who try to belittle
your ambitions. Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you,
too, can become great. ~Mark Twain~
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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
~Sir Winston Churchill~
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There are places and moments in which one is
so completely alone that one sees the world
entire. ~Jules Renard~
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The end must justify the means. ~Matthew Prior~
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I married her because we had so many faults
in common. ~Unknown~
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Faults are thick when love is thin. ~Unknown~
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The door to the human heart can be opened only
from the inside. ~Unknown~
*Always
forgive your enemies; Nothing annoys them so
much. ~Unknown~
