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You are to become a creator, not a competitor.

Every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be.

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

There is no instant step from disorder to order.

A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.

Our supreme task is the resumption of our onward, normal way.

There is no short cut to the making of these ideals into glad realities.

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.

If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.

Start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone.

But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.

Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often.

If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.

If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.

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.

If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.

If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.

If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.

Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.

If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.

Never with my consent shall an officer of the people, compensated for his services out of their pockets, become the pliant instrument of Executive will.

It is in periods like this that it behooves the people to be most watchful of those to whom they have intrusted power.

If we would promise we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise.

The general proposition that freedom of expression upon public questions is secured by the First Amendment has long been settled by our decisions.

Ideal aspirations are not enough, when uncombined with pluck and will.