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“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
― Thomas Jefferson

“It was usually an effective tactic, another one of those tricks I had learned: (White) People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied, they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time.”
― Barack Obama

“Neglecting your health can prevent you from serving people, and too much attention to your body and its health can bring the same results. In order to find the middle way, you should take care of your body only to the extent that doing so helps you to serve others, and does not stop you from serving them. No illness can prevent a person from what he has to do. If you cannot work, then give your love to people. Illnesses of the mind are much more dangerous than illnesses of the body. —MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO”
― Leo Tolstoy

“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.”
― Albert Einstein

“Your clothes. Give them to me. Now.”
― Arnold Schwarzenegger

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.”
― John C. Maxwell

“If the reaction is worse than the action, the problem usually increases. If the reaction is less than the action, the problem usually decreases.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Truth is like a vast tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mine of truth the richer the discovery of the gems buried there, in the shape of openings for an ever greater variety of service.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Preparing for the future must begin, as always, with our children. We need to set for them new and more rigorous goals.”
― Ronald Reagan

“You can't stop a bird from landing on your head. But you can keep it from building a nest.”
― Martin Luther King Jr

“I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?”
― Ben Carson

“To be free is to not merely cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
― Nelson Mandela

“If you drop your beliefs, you drop your success. God's mighty people begin to fall even as achievers when they begin to drop the beliefs they pursue at first.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“With all my soul I longed to be in a position to join with the people in performing the rites of their faith, but I could not do it. I felt that I would be lying to myself, mocking what was sacred to me, if I were to go through with it.”
― Leo Tolstoy

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