It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
COLIN POWELLAlways focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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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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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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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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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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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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Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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 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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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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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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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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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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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
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In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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