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Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.

Rick Warren

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
Pastor
Theologian
Writer
San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
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Failure
Events
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I wish that those who believe in the doctrines of grace would be more gracious. That's all I'd say... I'm an evangelical. I believe the doctrines of grace.
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