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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#combination #leadership #must #potent #strategy

You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#figure #how #live #make #much

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#sight #spare #suffering #think #which

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#also #becomes #happier #harder #live

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#adversity #gains #obstacles #only #overcome

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#ethical #fellow #fellow men #help #him

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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