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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Colin Powell

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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Arrival Compromise Constitution Country Start Writing 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
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
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice 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
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
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
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
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay Yourself
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Country Journey Responsibility Togetherness Try
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People

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