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When people first come into contact with crime, they abhor it. If they remain in contact with crime for a time, they become accustomed to it, and endure it. If they remain in contact with it long enough, they finally embrace it, and become influenced by it.

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When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul.

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Where failure is experienced, it is the individual, not the method, which has failed. If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another, until you succeed.

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Within every adversity is an equal or greater benefit. Within every problem is an opportunity. Even in the knocks of life, we can find great gifts.

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Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.

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Without a sense of fairness and justice, no leader can command and retain the respect of their followers.

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Work is a liaison office between our desires and their fulfillments.

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You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience it.

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You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.

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You cannot enjoy outstanding success in life without power, and you can never enjoy power without sufficient personality to influence other people to cooperate with you in a spirit of harmony.

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