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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.

Colin Powell

Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
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
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
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Change Future Inspirational Ourselves Past
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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Care Goodness Organization People Right 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
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
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
Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself

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