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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.

Colin Powell

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
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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Love Man Togetherness Yourself
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
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay Yourself
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
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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Art Leadership Management Possible Science
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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Afraid Best Leadership Pick Replacement Yorself
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
Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Age Bad Improvement News Wine
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
A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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Determination Dreams Hard Work Magic Reality Sweat

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