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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu

“To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.” – Eric Hoffer

“Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.” – Steve Pavlina

“Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come to find desirable.” – Ordway Tead

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi

“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared … It means you go on even though you’re scared.” – Angie Thomas

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali

“Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.” – Max Depree

“Set peace of mind as your highest goal and organize your entire life around it.” – Brian Tracy

“Character is much easier kept than recovered.” – Thomas Paine

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” – Theodore Hesburgh

“The reward of suffering is experience.” – Aeschylus

“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” – Pat Riley

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” – Albert Einstein

“Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness.” – Confucius

“We do not remember days; we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese

“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” – John N. Mitchell

“The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.” – Mack R. Douglas

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw

“You may not control all of the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou