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Every quarter I like to share quotes that I have encountered in my reading and research that have been meaningful to me. I call them\u00a0<\/em>\u201cNuggets of Wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would desire it be said of me: \u2018He lived usefully\u2019 instead of \u2018He died rich.\u2019\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00ad\u2014BENJAMIN FRANKLIN<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. When you attain excellence, success naturally follows.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cCharacter is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014ABRAHAM LINCOLN<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014THOMAS JEFFERSON<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe suffer more in our imagination than in reality.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014SENECA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you cannot answer a man\u2019s argument, do not panic. You can always call him names.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014OSCAR WILDE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cEconomy is one of the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest danger to be feared.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014THOMAS JEFFERSON<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014ELEANOR ROOSEVELT<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy friends, we have a great deal more to do in this world than go to heaven when we die.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014DALLAS WILLARD<\/a><\/p>\n

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Richard\u00a0E Simmons III<\/a>\u00a0is the founder and Executive Director of\u00a0The Center for Executive Leadership<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0best-selling author<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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