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Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.

Colin Powell

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Enemy Kill Thinking Yourself
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
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Constitution Discrimination Origin Reason
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Clothes Himself Organization Rebel Tolerance
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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Follow Forever Important Learning Personal Soldier
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
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
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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Country Racism Wrong
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Children Failure Imitation Ourselves
I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Attitude Leadership Role Thinking Win

Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.

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Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.

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