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

Colin Powell

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
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
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
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
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Choice Friendship Himself Mirror Reflection
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
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
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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Deal Experience Failure Learning Life Yourself
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Age Bad Improvement News Wine
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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Image Job Position Yourself

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