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A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.
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Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.
