The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYour passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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You 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.
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The 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.
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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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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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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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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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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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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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That’s what I love doing.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.
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I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
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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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Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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