"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
"Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition."
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Source: Stephen M.R. Covey (2006). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.64, Simon and Schuster
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