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If there is not the war, you dont get the great general if there i

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you dont get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. – Theodore Roosevelt

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In other words, dont expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say we have a problem, lets go and get it. – Colin Powell

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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. – Denis Diderot

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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. – Mahatma Gandhi

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And your very flesh shall be a great poem. – Walt Whitman

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