"He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander."
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"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."
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"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes."
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"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
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"Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!"
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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
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"We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock."
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"If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."
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"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
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"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."
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"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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"The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence."
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"Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN."
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"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself."
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"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
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"Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory."
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"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."
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