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• Eventually we have to "settle up" and pay the price for our ethical violations. Just remember the old line that says, "You can pay me… Buy
• Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong. Choose
• The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards start… Develop
• Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism...[because] Hope helps move us in the direction of our… Ambition
• ...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to external causes.'… Attention
• ...There's a lot more to be gained from being grateful than you might think. Managing your outlook towards appreciation and thankfulness feeds the soul. It… Amplify
• So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you… Aim
• You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room. If… Bake
• We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence. Building
• Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action. Action
• If you become a giver, you'll make them feel like they want to reciprocate. Feel
• Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a… According
• As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong. Easier
• We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game. Game
• How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a… Allow
• You carve out the organization's character through your daily choices. You shape its conscience as you exercise your own. Carve
• We can't achieve excellence through talent alone. Or merely by making technological improvements. We can't even buy our way to excellence, no matter how much… Accident
• If you must doubt something, doubt your limits. Doubt
• We've got to start thinking of school as a lifelong process. That's the only way we'll keep abreast and be able to share in the… Able
• Who is this vague "they" we blame for so many of our problems? "They" is the obscure party we use as our whipping boy to… Beings
• The world behaves differently when I take action to go after what I want. Action
• Act as if success is certain. Act
• Until I test the limits to what I can achieve, I won't really know how well I can do. Achieve
• Change always comes bearing gifts. Always Comes

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