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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.

Colin Powell

The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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Best Connection Creation Job Resources Team Training Way Yourself
Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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Allow Enough Experience Failure People Situation Young 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
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
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
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
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
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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Care Goodness Organization People Right Yourself
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself

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