Prejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEWe need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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I’ve never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it’s important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
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People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I’m not that complicated. I’m pretty straightforward. And I’m not all that self-reflective, because I tend to be a doer.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we’re vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn’t fully understand.
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In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
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But the truth of the matter is, we’re an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That’s why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.
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Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you’ll do it well.
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If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you’re going to get a good education, we’ve got a real problem.
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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
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If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That’s what I love doing.
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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
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