My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I’m an only child, and I could count on my mother’s vote.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEEducation is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.
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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
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Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
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It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
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