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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.

Colin Powell

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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Hard Work People Play Serious Work
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
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
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value 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
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
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
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
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
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World
You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Spirit Tragedy Yourself

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