"Act so that the maxim of your act could be made the principle of a universal law."

-- Immanuel Kant

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“Integrity is when your good intentions meet your actions - on a consistent basis.”
“Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing.”
“The most persistent of all attractive illusions in our country may be that racism can be ended by one single blow.”
“I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.”
“The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.”

Source : Derek Jeter (2010). “The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams”, p.4, Broadway Books
“Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable.”
“If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory. If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory. If we know that the enemy is open to attack, and also know that our men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the nature of the ground makes fighting impracticable, we have still gone only halfway towards victory.”
“I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.”

Source : Rosalynn Carter (2016). “First Lady from Plains”, p.185, University of Arkansas Press

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