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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.

Colin Powell

First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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Accomplishment Follow Job Medal Reward Tools Training Yourself
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
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
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man 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
Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Age Bad Improvement News Wine
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.
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Happiness Kindness Necessary People Treat Worth Yourself
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
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
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
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
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism

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