If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIf you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
CONDOLEEZZA RICESelf esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIn America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
CONDOLEEZZA RICERace is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEDemocracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYour passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
CONDOLEEZZA RICESeparation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEPrejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEI laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEI think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill – not because we’re perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day.
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 RICEYou 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.
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.
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