If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.

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"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Vision

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Belief in Self

"The leader leads, and the boss drives."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership

"When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Adversity

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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