There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men. ― Marcus Aurelius

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There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. — Nelson Mandela

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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

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Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it.

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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen. — Nelson Mandela

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He crossed the street toward the man in the trench coat, which left me with two choices: follow my dad and see what was going on, or do what I was told. I decided on the slightly less dangerous path. I went to retrieve my sister

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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. — Nelson Mandela

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Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

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The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

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