You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
COLIN POWELL
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Colin Powell91 quotes“You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.”
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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.
Andy WarholAndy Warhol Why are sex and violence always linked? I’m afraid they’ll blur together in people’s minds – sexandviolence – until we can’t tell them apart. I expect to hear a newscaster say, “The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.”
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Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Not unafraid, but moving a tiny bravery is a large one always always always this.
Kimmery MossKimmery Moss Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Don’t be afraid to be deeply alone, aloneness creates stillness, stillness creates healing, healing opens up to love, and in that love the concept of being alone dissolve.
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