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“Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.”
“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”
“What we do for ourselves alone dies with us; what we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
“Fortitude is the capacity to say no to yourself and yes to your higher purposes.”
“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who masters himself is mightier still.”
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
“The mind is like a turbulent ocean, but meditation is the stillness that reveals the depth beneath.”
“Real humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.”
“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.”
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.”
“Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.”
“Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government when it deserves it.”
“Mindfulness is paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”
“Spirituality is not about being religious; it is about being human.”
“Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing.”
“Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand.”
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
“Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and practiced.”
“Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
“The only way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.”
“They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
“True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the system of injustice that engenders the need for charity.”
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