Eric Greitens Quotes
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Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.
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I came to see that it wasn't enough just to care about people. You also had to build systems in which you could ensure that there are results and accountability.
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In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.
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When vets come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity. Then the VA, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.
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We need a modern government that allows people to do more on-line instead of making them wait in line.
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We are fighting to bring more jobs to the people of Missouri.
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Remember that deciding is not doing, and wanting is not choosing. Transformation will take place not because of what you decide you want, but because of what you choose to do.
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Tort reform is important. We need to prevent trial lawyers from killing good jobs.
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A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only be built when we ask ourselves and each other to be more than just good, and better than just strong. And a good life, a meaningful life, a life in which we can enjoy the world and live with purpose, can only be built if we do more than live for ourselves.
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I read Mitch Daniels's book, 'Keeping the Republic,' several times.
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I think there are a couple of key lessons that come from Judaism that shaped my life. One of them is the idea we have a duty to repair the world, and all of us should play a role in our lives in trying to repair the world and to make the world better for the next generation.
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I'm proud to be Jewish.
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So Hell Week is considered to be the hardest week of the hardest military training in the world. It is a week of continuous military training during which most classes sleep for a total of two to five hours over the course of the entire week.
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What matters is what you do. And this runs counter to what a lot of the culture teaches people about putting feelings first. By contrast, resilient people focus not on what they intend, but on what they achieve.