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“Saul Alinsky advised his followers to level sharp attacks against their opponents with the goal of goading them into rash counterattacks that would then discredit them. To avoid falling into this trap, those of us who are interested in civil discussion should prepare ourselves to refrain from reacting in fear or anger to those who disagree with us or even attack us.”
Ben Carson

“Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.”
Nelson Mandela

“This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form)”
Albert Einstein

“He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Bridges take people across rivers. Leaders take people across ignorance. With a leader, the destination of a journey is sure.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“He has told us that He is the hungry one. He is the naked one. He is the thirsty one. He is the one without a home. He is the one who is suffering. These are our treasures, she said, looking at the rows of pallets in the caravanserai. They are Jesus.”
Mother Teresa

“But the Law of Magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.”
John C. Maxwell

“Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I or the ANC ever supported. It is a primitive way of contending with an opponent”
Nelson Mandela

“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another.”
Napoleon Hill

“Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
Martin Luther King Jr

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
Bruce Lee

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
Napoleon Hill

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is watching.”
Jim Stovall

“The consequences of giving up on your dreams are bitter than the causes of your intentions to give up. Don’t give up!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Moreover, I believe that part of America's genius has always been its ability to absorb newcomers, to forge a national identity out of the disparate lot that arrived on our shores. In this we've been aided by a Constitution that--despite being marred by the original sin of slavery--has at its very core the ideas of equal citizenship under the laws; and an economic system that, more than any other, has offered opportunity to all comers, regardless of status or title or rank.”
Barack Obama

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