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The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. – James Garfield

Other quotes by James Garfield

Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed. – James Garfield

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Defeat
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James Garfield
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Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life. – James Garfield

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USA Patriotic
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James Garfield
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We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd…from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Commitment

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

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Commitment

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never. Never — in anything great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Commitment

I like villains because theres something so attractive about a committed person — they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. Theyre motivated. – Russell Crowe

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Commitment

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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10 – Bible

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

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Fear

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. – Thomas A. Edison

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Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. – Jacques Prévert

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