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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.

Colin Powell

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Day Leadership Problem Soldier Yourself
Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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People Perspective Right Yourself
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
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 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
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
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
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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Detail Double Leadership Mindset

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