"Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all."
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"The supreme quality of leadership is integrity."
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"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water."
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"Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front."
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"You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'."
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"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours."
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"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
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"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
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"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
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"The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done."
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"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
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"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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"I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."
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"You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership."
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"Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly."
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"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid."
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"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs."
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"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
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