"Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true."
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"The will to win is more important then the skill to win. It is possible to achieve only what you actively pursue. Cogito, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. Keep your head high and work hard everyday, because you'll never get that day back"
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"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test."
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"Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike."
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"A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time."
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"There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you."
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"Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs."
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"It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example."
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"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."
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"Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives."
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"Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible."
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"If you facilitate your subordinates' steady progress in meaningful work, make that progress salient to them, and treat them well, they will experience the emotions, motivations, and perceptions necessary for great performance."
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"Management works in the system; leadership works on the system."
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"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."
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"It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things humans have done. And then try to bring those things in to what you're doing."
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"Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American policies — especially in this hemisphere. None of the four wars in my lifetime came about because we were too strong."
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"Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack. Therefore skillful warriors are able to be invincible, but they cannot cause opponents to be vulnerable. That is why it is said that victory is discerned and not manufactured."
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"Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you."
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"The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged."
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"The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it."
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