If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

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"An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."

- James A. Michener

Awareness

"If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life."

- James A. Michener

Self-awareness

"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."

- James A. Michener

Determination

"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."

- James A. Michener

Achievement

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief