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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

Colin Powell

Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Enemy Kill Thinking Yourself
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong
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
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
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision 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
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible
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
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Children Failure Imitation Ourselves
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
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
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust

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