They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. ― Harper Lee

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I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.― Lillian Hellman

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I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.― Charlotte Brontë

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The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. - Zig Ziglar

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May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause.

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If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.― Gordon A. Eadie

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.― Charlotte Brontë

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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.― Marcus Aurelius

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.― Abraham Lincoln

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In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.― Nicholas Sparks

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