Thomas Wolfe
"So, then, to every man his chance -- to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining golden opportunity -- to every man his right to live, to work, to be himself, to become whatever his manhood and his vision can combine to make him -- this, seeker, is the promise of America."
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William L. Shirer
"Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is hard to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline."
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Theodore Roosevelt
"Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood -- the virtues that made America."
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Benjamin Jowett
"The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them."
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Joseph Addison
"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for."
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Theodore Roosevelt
"Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, and labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph. (speech before the Naval War College, 1897)"
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Donald A. Adams
"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."
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Horace
"Not the owner of many possessions will you be right to call happy: he more rightly deserves the name of happy who knows how to use the Gods' gifts wisely and to put up with rough poverty, and who fears dishonor more than death."
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David Hume
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."
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Henry Ford
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
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