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.
COLIN POWELLWhen you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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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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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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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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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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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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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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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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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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