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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

Colin Powell

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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Country Racism Wrong
Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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People Perspective Right Yourself
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
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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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
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 day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Day Leadership Problem Soldier Yourself
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Clothes Himself Organization Rebel Tolerance
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
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
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
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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Ego Position Yourself

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