"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence."
-Colin Powell
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"We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.“
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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
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"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
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"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude."
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"A dream doesn't become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
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"I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them."
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"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long."
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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
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