Only a blind man could have lived through these last years without seeing what was bearing down upon us; so I made myself blind as I could manage. I wanted to believe the worst was behind me, and I found an easy way to make it so. I simply turned my back on what was coming. John Wray
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Winston Churchill said, “Only a blind man could have lived through these last years without seeing what was bearing down upon us; so I made myself blind as I could manage. I wanted to believe the worst was behind me, and I found an easy way to make it so. I simply turned my back on what was coming.” Churchill’s quote is an example of his amazing determination to keep his mind clear of distractions in order to achieve his goal of defeating Hitler. This determination is the mark of the great leader.

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