"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."
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"Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe."
"So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?"
"When you're finished changing, you're finished."
"A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake."
"The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow."
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
"Leadership is defined by results not attributes."
"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader."
"If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results."
"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual."
"If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing."
"Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them."
"Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession."
"Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily."
"Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan."
"History will never accept difficulties as an excuse."
"I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people."
"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too."