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All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Character Concern Reputation Thinking
What is right is more important than who is right.
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Important Justice Right
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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Belief Man True Wisdom
Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
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Endurance Love One Liner Passion
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
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Character Concern Reputation
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
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Character Repeat Talent Win
Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
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Deep Discipline One Liner Yourself
Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
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Believe Excuse Friendship never
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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Admire Adversity Himself Man
Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
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Friendship Marriage Nice Person
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Ability Character Success
I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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Goodness Thankful Want
The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
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Againstm Myself Competition Hustle
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
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Argument Entrepreneur Life People Smart Surround
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.
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Busy Champion Complain Entrepreneur Hustle
A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
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Acceptance Basketball Blame Credit Leadership Weak

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