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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#back #character #crisis #faced #falls

I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and even surmount our biggest fears. It doesn't take a great genius to recognize that when you are pushed by circumstance to do the one thing you have always most specifically loathed and feared, this can be, at the very least, an interesting growth opportunity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#intervention #invitation #learning #mistakes #experience

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking. ↗

— Marvin Gaye

#looking #lot #marriage #miserable #person

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. ↗

— Walt Disney

#biggest #biggest problem #come #dreams #i

Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#blaming #culture #honors #intellect #our

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game. ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#game #get #head #how #humble

I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it. ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

#best #craft #hard #hardest #hone

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#i #line #out #propose #summer

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. ↗

— John Churton Collins

#feel #feeling #half #life #mistakes

I got a way to get through to kids. I try to take that and use that to my advantage. If we work on the kids right now, I'm telling you, they'll be making less mistakes, the jails will be gettin' less full. It's all about what we do with the kids. ↗

— Flavor Flav

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