Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
COLIN POWELL
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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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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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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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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