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Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army Quotes: What do I and a diamond have in common? We are tough, brilliant, and carbon based entities which evolved into something better under immense pressure, tribulation, and trials.
         

What do I and a diamond have in common? We are tough, brilliant, and carbon based entities which evolved into something better under immense pressure, tribulation, and trials.


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We are one people until you decide we are one person in the churning sea of humanity.



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You've evolved when you realize the effect that your positive contributions to others create ripples of humanity in the sea of life.



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Winning doesn't necessarily mean you'll walk away with a trophy. Sometimes winning means you dared to show up at all to see the shocked look of your rivals.



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Let's make a deal, if you don't blame me for your failures I won't take credit for your successes.



You can be inspired externally but when it comes down to achieving your lofty goals it's all personal determination which is internal derived from the eternal.

You can be inspired externally but when it comes down to achieving your lofty goals it's all personal determination which is internal derived from the eternal.



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Where your soul meets your purpose is the azimuth known as your passion and from there you can plot points of inspiration and achievable goals.



Wisdom from Top Butler: Guard yourself at all times but don't let anyone lead you to live a guarded life that is all.

Wisdom from Top Butler: Guard yourself at all times but don't let anyone lead you to live a guarded life that is all.



Strength isn't measured by how many things or people you manage but more prevalent is how much you can self manage and guide yourself to your next check point.

Strength isn't measured by how many things or people you manage but more prevalent is how much you can self manage and guide yourself to your next check point.



Life Algebra 101 - I truly value my own ignorance of what is to come for me, It is those unknown variables the shape my future based on my knowns of today and yesterday.

Life Algebra 101 - I truly value my own ignorance of what is to come for me, It is those unknown variables the shape my future based on my knowns of today and yesterday.



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My position is for one to be thought of as a CHARACTER is totally different from one having CHARACTER.





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I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.



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