Madeleine K. AlbrightI was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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When Bernard Fall said, “I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life,” he was referring to the importance of putting one’s dreams into action.
Source: Madam Secretary: A Memoir
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