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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Colin Powell

Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Country Journey Responsibility Togetherness Try
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Gift Greatness Love Myself Parents Value
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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Kindness Necessary Need Yourself
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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Balance Criticism Drive Ego Intelligence Judgement Loyalty
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Change Future Inspirational Ourselves Past
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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Earn Follow Leadership Mandatory Respect

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

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