People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

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"Human rights stand upon a common basis; and by all reason that they are supported, maintained, and defended for all the human family. The essential characteristics of humanity are everywhere the same."

- Frederick Douglass

Belief

"Without this dream, there would be no progress."

- Frederick Douglass

Hope

"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."

- Frederick Douglass

Integrity

"“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous.”"

- Frederick Douglass

Integrity

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence."

- Frederick Douglass

Integrity

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"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

Hard Work

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

Hard Work

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

Hard Work

"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

Hard Work

"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

Hard Work