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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Colin Powell

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
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
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
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
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Goodness Leadership Move Success
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign 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
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Country Journey Responsibility Togetherness Try
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
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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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
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

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