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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

Colin Powell

If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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Decision Execution Faith Ideas Oneself Person Trust
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Opportunity Optimistic Yourself
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
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
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
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
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
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
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
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Goodness Leadership Move Success
In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Disappointment Expectation Failure Greatness Himself Problem Word
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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