Either you deal with what is ...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
 Alex Haley

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Once you get the nod, your mentality totally changes. It's like a heavyweight fighter-you win the title and that's it, you don't want to look back and you don't want to change. That's the way I feel and I'm looking to keep the job.?
 Mark Sanchez
Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.
 Sebastian Coe

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Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
 Alex Haley
It's always intrigued me that amidst the group called slaves there were individuals who were extremely able, who were extremely colorful, who were powerful personalities, who by no means fit the usual images of slaves. They were people who, through their personalities and abilities, were very respected in the community where they lived by both black and white.
 Alex Haley
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
 Alex Haley
When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
 Alex Haley
Unless we learn from history, we are destined to repeat it. This is no longer merely an academic exercise, but may contain our worlds fate and our destiny.
 Alex Haley