Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
CONDOLEEZZA RICELeading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEI laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIt is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling – and indeed healthy – to ask why you have been given so much.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEMy 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 RICEYou cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThe essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou know, I’ve never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I’d been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I’d be still waiting.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIt’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEPower is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEI firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYour passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThe 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 RICEI was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIf I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you’re going to get a good education, we’ve got a real problem.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEEvery life is capable of greatness.
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