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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.

Colin Powell

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Attitude Leadership Role Thinking Win
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Gift Greatness Love Myself Parents Value
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
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
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
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
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
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 important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
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
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
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
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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Ego Position Yourself
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself

We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.

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