My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

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"The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive."

- Indira Gandhi

Motivation

"There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

- Indira Gandhi

Teamwork

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

- Indira Gandhi

Connection to Earth

"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."

- Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."

- Indira Gandhi

Reflection

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"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."

- Beauty and the Beast

Integrity

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Integrity

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

- Baltasar Gracian

Integrity

"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."

- Hachiman Hikigaya

Integrity

"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."

- Gintoki Sakata

Integrity