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> [You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/you-always-have-certain-strengths-and-certain-weaknesses-and-you-want/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

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## More by Erskine Bowles

> [Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/leadership-is-the-key-to-99-percent-of-all-successful-efforts/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [I believe in working in a bipartisan manner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/i-believe-in-working-in-a-bipartisan-manner/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/and-i-believe-in-having-an-administration-that-has-clearly-defined/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/i-think-it-s-absolutely-clear-that-the-fiscal-path-we-are-on-is-not/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/the-american-people-know-that-every-day-3-000-kids-begin-to-smoke-1/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/we-live-in-a-time-today-where-we-face-fierce-global-competition/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/romney-said-that-his-tax-reform-proposal-is-very-similar-to-the/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/you-always-have-certain-strengths-and-certain-weaknesses-and-you-want/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/it-will-be-about-which-candidate-which-of-the-two-candidates/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/i-think-that-if-we-don-t-get-these-politicians-to-come-together-we/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/i-always-thought-that-i-was-okay-with-arithmetic/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [I believe in cooperating for the common good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/i-believe-in-cooperating-for-the-common-good/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

> [The US Debt is the single biggest threat I see to innovation in American business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erskine-bowles/the-us-debt-is-the-single-biggest-threat-i-see-to-innovation-in/)

[Erskine Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erskine-bowles/)

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