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“Many fear competition or critique from others, but the biggest critic should be the person in the mirror.”
“So many people can be responsible for your success, but only you are responsible for your failure.”
“Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture and the hardest things to sell.”
“Success is simple: Do what's right. The right way. At the right time.”
“There is no way to greatness. Greatness is the way.”
“There can only be happiness if the things we think, say and believe are the same as the things we do.”
“Circumstance does not change responsibility.”
“A man is only as good as his word.”
“People with good intentions make promises. People with good character keep them.”
“Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do long after the mood you said it in has left you.”
“The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others.”
“Lies travel faster than the truth, but truth always catches up.”
“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.”
“A single lie discovered is enough to create doubt in every truth expressed.”
“People tend to associate most with those that they can count on most.”
“He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.”
“It is better to suffer for the truth than to be rewarded for a lie.”
“Without trust, words become meaningless.”
“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it'll always get you the right ones.”
“The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.”
“Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.”
“Doing the right thing is always right.”
“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.”
“Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.”
“Speak with honesty, think with sincerity, and act with integrity.”
“A person of integrity says what he means and means what he says.”
“You will never have lasting prosperity if you don't first have integrity.”
“Personal integrity is the most valuable currency that a person can own.”
“Good intentions are not good enough. Ultimately we are measured by our actions.”
“Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish. It will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
“Character is built through one's deeds and in no other way.”
“To belittle is to be little.”
“If nothing goes forth from you that can hurt, nothing can return to you that can harm.”
“If you have to demand respect, you don't deserve it.”
“You can't force respect, but you can inspire it.”
“Loyalty is not a word, it's a lifestyle.”
“The world is good natured to people that are good natured.”
“All doors are open to courtesy.”
“Tact is rubbing out another’s mistake instead of rubbing it in.”
“A great position entails great responsibility.”
“Some people grow under responsibility; others merely swell.”
“Favor and promotion will only enter your life at the level of character you have to handle it.”
“If you load responsibility on a man unworthy of it, he will always betray himself.”
“Power used well builds; power abused breaks.”
“Real strength is choosing restraint when force is easy.”
“Power reveals who we are, not who we pretend to be.”
“Power without purpose is just noise.”
“Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
