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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.

Colin Powell

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
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
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
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
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
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
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
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
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Age Bad Improvement News Wine
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
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
Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World

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