"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
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"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."
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"What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you're in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don't want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn't taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you've got no more to give and then you're going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama."
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"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"
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"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."
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"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
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"I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night."
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
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"Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates."
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"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."
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"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."
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"Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure."
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"What you do has far greater impact than what you say."
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"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level."
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"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."
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"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."
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"A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done."
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"The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell."
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"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
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"To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought."
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