When you face a choice between being polite and being honest, err on the side of the truth. It's better to be disliked but respected than to be liked but disrespected. In the long run, the people we trust the most are those who have the courage to be sincere.

Adam Grant

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Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

Friedrich Nietzsche

All of our growth is rooted in the firm trust that all of those who first cared about us maintained.

My father taught me to work hard, laugh often, and keep my word.

Make sure the lions you roll with aren't snakes in disguise.

Genereux Philip

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

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