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“Who is the invincible man? He who cannot be dismayed by any happening beyond his control.”
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Vice Admiral James Stockdale is an American hero. Stockdale spent nearly eight years as a prisoner o...

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“I don’t subscribe to environmental, genetic, or any simple determinism. Will is the thing. Man makes his character here on earth. I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul.”
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Vice Admiral James Stockdale is an American hero. Stockdale spent nearly eight years as a prisoner o...
“George Bernard Shaw said that most people who fail complain that they are victims of circumstances. Those who get on in this world, he said, are those who go out and look for the right circumstances. And if they can’t find them they make their own.”
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“The notion that human beings are always victims of their circumstances is an affront to those bold spirits who throughout history have spent their lives prevailing over adversity.”
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“I don’t subscribe to environmental, genetic, or any simple determinism. Will is the thing. Man makes his character here on earth. I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul.”
James Stockdale
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“George Bernard Shaw said that most people who fail complain that they are victims of circumstances. Those who get on in this world, he said, are those who go out and look for the right circumstances. And if they can’t find them they make their own.”
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Vice Admiral James Stockdale is an American hero. Stockdale spent nearly eight years as a prisoner o...
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