“Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.”
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“Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.”
― The Poetical Works of John Dryden
But good men starve for want of impudence.”
― The Poetical Works of John Dryden
“Remember this, you can want the whole goddamn world but NEVER show it..if they know what you want, they'll watch you and take it away. Keep up appearances, boy. If you do that, you can take everything you want, the whole damn world is yours”
― Consequences
― Consequences
“The master nodded. “To hear the unheard,” he said, “is a necessary discipline to be a good ruler. For only when a ruler has learned to listen closely to the people’s hearts, hearing their feelings uncommunicated, pains unexpressed, and complaints not spoken of, can he hope to inspire confidence in the people, understand when something is wrong, and meet the true needs of his citizens.”
― Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
― Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
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