He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

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Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is there some common quality among these Representative Men who have been most successful as our leaders? I call it the need to be authentic-or, as our dictionaries tell us, conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance or belief. While the charismatic has an uncanny outside source of strength, the authentic is strong because he is what he seems to be. — Daniel J. Boorstin

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Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius

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When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

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In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

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Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.

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Always remember life is a journey. Keep filling your mind with all that is worthy. – Catherine Pulsifer

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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. Mahatma Gandhi

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