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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Colin Powell

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Spirit Tragedy Yourself
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
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
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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Image Job Position Yourself
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
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
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
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
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence 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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Children Failure Imitation Ourselves
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
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

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