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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

Colin Powell

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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Hard Work People Play Serious Work
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
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
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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Decision Execution Faith Ideas Oneself Person Trust
I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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Capability Intention Myself Presentation Regret Weapon Wrong
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Change Future Inspirational Ourselves Past
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Failure Hard Work Inspirational Learning Preparation Result Secret Success
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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Best Connection Creation Job Resources Team Training Way Yourself
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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Country Division Ourselves Person Rejoice Togetherness
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
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself

You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

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