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All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving… — Pope Paul VI
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. — Norman Vincent Peale
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. — M. Scott Peck
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or… — M. Scott Peck
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. — William Penn
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. — Alan Perlis
I am going to give the American people a huge helping of unbridled truth: that we can't continue to spend what we are spending, that… — Rick Perry
America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. — Laurence J. Peter
Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost. — John Podhoretz
Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. — Adrienne Rich
I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it… — Rick Riordan
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft. — Theodore Roosevelt
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts.… — Donald Rumsfeld
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership. — Donald Rumsfeld
Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to… — Salman Rushdie
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary… — Bertrand Russell

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