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"Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date."
"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year."
"Force always attracts men of low morality."
"To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind."
"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."
"The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know."
"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better."
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."
"The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you."
"The five most important words a leader can speak are - 'I am proud of you' The four most important are - 'What is your opinion?' The three most important are - 'If you please' The two most important are - 'Thank You' And the most important single word of all is - 'You'"
"There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away."
"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
"The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little."
"There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed."
"The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope."
"Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority."
"If you share a good idea long enough, it will eventually fall on good people."
"Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder."
"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
