When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThere’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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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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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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You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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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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As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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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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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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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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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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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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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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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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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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In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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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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The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
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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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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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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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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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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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