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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.

Colin Powell

Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
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
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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Dirty End Tools Yourself
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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Arrival Compromise Constitution Country Start Writing Yourself
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 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
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Constitution Discrimination Origin Reason
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
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Difficult Face Organization People
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

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