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Colin Powell Quotes: If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
         

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.


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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.



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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.



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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.



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The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.



Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.



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Get mad, then get over it.



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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.





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