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"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The
process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are
ultimately our own responsibility."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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"The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it."
- Welsh proverb
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"I always tell the kids, 'You know what's great about going the
extra mile? There's very little traffic.'"
- Jim Larranaga
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"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."
- Oscar Levant
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"Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The
strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he
subdues not by the power of those which subdue him."
- William Carleton
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"Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity
we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to
be."
- George Santayana
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"Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own
life - is the source from which self respect springs."
- Joan Didion
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"If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it
must be by what he gives."
- South
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"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions
and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men
make them."
- O.S. Marden
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THE HOT POKER PRINCIPLE
If you place a plker near the heat of a fire, it too becomes hot.
To succeed, follow the hot poker principle.
- Be around great men and women, and learn from their experience.
- Visit great places.
- Attend great events.
- Read great books.
from Success One Day At A Time by John C. Maxwell
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