"The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity."

-- Howard Mumford Jones

#Integrity Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Independent Quotes

“The governmentâ€™s not going to create jobs. It doesnâ€™t have to. People have to create jobs...”
“Moving ahead, so life wonâ€™t pass me by.”
“My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life.”

Source : Elyn R. Saks (2007). “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness”, p.425, Hachette UK
“I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway.”
“Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]”
“Those with the least always lose the most in war.”
“My feeling is if you're going to be a leader, you have to carefully assess where people are and where people want to go.”
“The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.”

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