Quote by Frederick Douglass
Mans greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper applic

Mans greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. – Frederick Douglass

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You can be right or you can be happy. – Gerald G. Jampolsky

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. – Mahatma Gandhi

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. – Robert G. Ingersoll

The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right. – Peter Drucker

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