But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.

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Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. ― Desmond Tutu

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The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.

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Follow your own path, no matter what people say.

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Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. ― Steve Maraboli

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When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.

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