There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIf you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
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Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
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Truly remarkable leadership is not just about motivating others to follow, it’s about inspiring them to become leaders themselves and setting the stage for even greater opportunities for future generations.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.
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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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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.
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We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
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If 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.
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Education is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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We can’t rely – or no country can rely on just a single personality to carry it forward. And so what the American founding fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection not human perfection.
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Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
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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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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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It 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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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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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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Today’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.
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When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.
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Prejudice 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.
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You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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