170 Quotes by Eric Greitens

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    What matters is what you do. And this runs counter to what a lot of the culture teaches people about putting feelings first. By contrast, resilient people focus not on what they intend, but on what they achieve.

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    In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.

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    Our state's world famous motto, 'Show me,' reminds us that Missourians don't much value big talk.

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    Before I became a SEAL, I'd done humanitarian work around the world - with refugee families in Bosnia, with unaccompanied children in Rwanda, with kids who lost limbs to land mines in Cambodia.

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    I'm running for Governor because we need a political outsider to move Missouri forward.

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    Like the plague, opioids kill the young, the old, the healthy, the sick, the virtuous and the sinful.

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    When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.

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    I've never been in politics before, but even in the brief time that I've been running for governor, I've been exposed to some of the worst people I've ever known. Liars, cowards, sociopaths.

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    In failure, children learn how to struggle with adversity and how to confront fear. By reflecting on failure, children begin to see how to correct themselves and then try again with better results.

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