"He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor."

Integrity, Courage, Disaster, Victory

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"He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor."

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"You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I've learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one's reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one's master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person's view requires to be faked. The man who lies to the world, is the world's slave from then on. There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all."

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"Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"Well, whose opinion did you take? "I don't ask for opinions." "What do you go by?"Judgment. "Well, whose judgment did you take? "Mine. "But whom did you consult about it?". "Nobody."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"I stood my ground. "You evil scientist are all the same--evil. Count me out."Fang and I brushed past Mr. God and walked quickly but smoothly to the exit. It was barely noon, and I'd already made a huge enemy.Dang, I'm good."

James Patterson, American Author

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"It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"Remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"Integrity and blame can never be friends."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

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