Do nothing for prestige or status or money or approval alone.

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"When people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them."

- Maria Popova

Self-awareness

"Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind."

- Maria Popova

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"Don’t be afraid to be an idealist."

- Maria Popova

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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

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"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

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"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