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Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!

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Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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Business Future Politics
Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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Democracy Law Politics Violence
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right.
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People Philosophy Right Wrong
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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Care Health Remember Yourself
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!
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Alive Eat Enemy Man Place
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
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Human Philosophy Truth
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
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Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich

Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!

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