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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.

Colin Powell

Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
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
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control 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
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
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
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
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign 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
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth

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