The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.
CONDOLEEZZA RICESelf esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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But the truth of the matter is, we’re an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That’s why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.
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Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you’re going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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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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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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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.
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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we’re vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn’t fully understand.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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Differences can be a strength.
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You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you’ll do it well.
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