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“People disdain unskilled leaders, loathe unjust leaders, dread ruthless leaders, honor righteous leaders, and cherish enlightened leaders. Leaders disdain idle subordinates, loathe incompetent subordinates, dread disloyal subordinates, honor ethical subordinates, and cherish resourceful subordinates.”

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“Truth has one eye, understanding has two ears, knowledge has three feet, and wisdom has four hands. Truth has the world’s biggest mouth, wisdom has the world’s largest ears, love has the world’s strongest hands, and faith has the world’s ablest feet.”

“When you take care of your mind, you take care of your heart. When you take care of your heart, you take care of your soul. When you take care of your soul, you take care of your life. When you take care of your thoughts, you take care of your character. When you take care of your character, you take care of your actions. When you take care of your actions, you take care of your destiny.”

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“Every child needs a smile. Every smile needs a heart. Every joy needs a soul. Every life needs a vessel. Every heart needs a mind. Every mind needs a body. Everybody needs a soul. Every soul needs an experience. Every world needs a sky. Every sky needs a star. Every star needs a galaxy. Every galaxy needs a universe.”

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“When you die, no matter who you are, you may be remembered for your courage or despised for your cowardice, you may be remembered for your gratitude or despised for your bitterness, you may be remembered for your benevolence or despised for your meanness, you may be remembered for your modesty or despised for your arrogance, you may be remembered for your peace or despised for your violence, you may be remembered for your compassion or despised for your ruthlessness, you may be remembered for your mercy or despised for your vengeance, you may be remembered for your love or despised for your unkindness, you may be remembered for your strengths or despised for your weaknesses, you may be remembered for your virtues or despised for your unrighteousness, you may be remembered for your knowledge or despised for your ignorance, you may be remembered for your wisdom or despised for your foolishness, and you may be remembered for your accomplishments or despised for your incompetence. When I die, I want to be remembered for my smile, not my tears; for my laughter, not my pain; for my joy, not my grief; for my patience, not my anger; for my friends, not my enemies; for my mind, not my riches; for my heart, not my titles; for my soul, not my achievements; for my triumphs, not my tragedies; for my character, not my reputation; for my dignity, not my impudence; for my sincerity, not my flattery; for my honor, not my fame; for my integrity, not my friends; and for my life, not my death.”