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"Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty; never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

- WINSTON CHURCHILL

"I am constantly asked: What can you, with your cold rationalism, offer to the seeker after salvation that is comparable to the cozy, homelike comfort of a fenced-in dogmatic creed?"

- BERTRAND RUSSELL, in The Impact of Science on Society

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did. "

- T.E. LAWRENCE (Lawrence of Arabia)

"Duty is the essence of manhood."

- GEORGE S. PATTON

"It ain't about how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

- SYLVESTER STALLONE, as Rocky, in the movie Rocky Balboa

"Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be."

- AMBROSE BIERCE,  in his Town Crier column

"There comes a time in a man's life when he makes a decision - to just live, survive, or he wants to win."

- TEDDY ATLAS

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