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Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity. Pride is the burden of a foolish person.
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Thrift does not require superior courage, nor superior intellect, nor any superhuman virtue.
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Self-respect, originating in self-love, instigates the first step of improvement.
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There is little place in active life for the timid good man.
Theodore Rooseveltverified·Citizenship in a Republic, in African and European Addresses·April 23, 1910
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almost any man can do a great deal, if he will, by getting the utmost possible service out of the qualities that he actually possesses
Theodore Rooseveltverified·The Conditions of Success, an address at the Cambridge Union·May 26, 1910
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It is never wrong to do the right thing.
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Practice makes perfect.
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SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status.
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If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.
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The power of one person — Washington, Lincoln, King, Mandela and even a young girl from Pakistan, Malala — one person can change the world by giving people hope.