“If you are going to penalize disloyalty, you must first determine what loyalty is; if you are going to silence nonconformity, you must determine what conformity is—and to what it conforms.”

— Henry Steele Commager

Source: Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1954), p. 15

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American historian 1902–1998

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian

Who is Loyal to America? (1947)
Context: What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called "the system of private enterprise," identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

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Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords

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“In order to arrive at what you are not, you must go through the way in which you are not.”

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

Lou Holtz (1937) American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer

Variant: Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) Novelist, screenwriter

“What you HABITUALLY THINK largely determines what you will ultimately become.”

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker

Possibly, but more likely derived from the Buddha: "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become."
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 120; This probably derives from a Rosicrucian proverb, "As you think, so shall you become", which is itself probably derived from Proverbs 23:7 "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."

“To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.”

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic

al-Ghazali https://awakenthegreatnesswithin.com/35-inspirational-imam-al-ghazali-quotes-on-success/

“If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.”

Edgar Degas (1834–1917) French artist

a remark to E. Rouart [son of Henri Rouart in 1904; as quoted in Renoir – his life and work, Francois Fosca, Book Club Associates /Thames and Hudson Ltd, London 1975, p. 274
1896 - 1917

“If you are going to penalize disloyalty, you must first determine what loyalty is; if you are going to silence nonconformity, you must determine what conformity is—and to what it conforms.”

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