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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

Colin Powell

Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
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
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Spirit Tragedy Yourself
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
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
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Disappointment Expectation Failure Greatness Himself Problem Word
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
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch 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
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Opportunity Optimistic Yourself
Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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Earn Follow Leadership Mandatory Respect

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