The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.

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If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.

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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

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There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies. What is this safeguard? Skepticism. This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this, you need fear no harm.

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Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.- Alan Watts

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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. -D. Elton Trueblood

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Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. -Jesus Christ

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