C.A. Beard
"I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail."
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Norman Vincent Peale
"Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory."
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Joshua L. Liebman
"Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values."
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Vince Lombardi
"Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence and to victory, even though we know complete victory cannot be obtained, it must be pursued with all one's might. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win; these are the things that endure.
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J. P. Morgan writing about Napoleon Bonaparte
"No obstacles fell in his way that seemed to him insurmountable. He might be defeated, as he sometimes was, but he shrank from no hardship through impatience, he fled from no danger through cowardice.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
"The four cornerstones of character on which this nation was built are:
Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.
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Linda Ellerbee
"I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that."
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Terence
"The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get."
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