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"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."
Plato
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
Thomas Jefferson
"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."
John F. Kennedy
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Colin Powell
"And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he jus"
Michelle Obama
"Imagination governs the world."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies"
Napoleon Bonaparte
"We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details."
Jeff Bezos
"All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, guts... not analysis."
Jeff Bezos
"You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate."
Jeff Bezos
"To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable."
Jeff Bezos
"Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, in most cases, you’re probably being slow."
Jeff Bezos
"We take risks all the time, we talk about failure. We need big failures in order to move the needle. If we don't, we're not swinging enough. You really should be swinging hard, and you will fail, but that's okay."
Jeff Bezos
"Ask yourself if you're one of the good people who successful people want to be around."
Les Brown
"We have the capacity to change, to lead meaningful and productive lives by awakening our consciousness."
Les Brown
"True honesty is hard. Throughout my career, I've faced moments where I've needed to take an honest look at myself and face some very uncomfortable realities."
Les Brown
"When you're strong enough and confident enough to speak the truth, you gain respect and influence. Being honest and straightforward will also open doors for you."
Les Brown
"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
Phil Jackson
"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the 'me' for the 'we'."
Phil Jackson
"You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves."
Phil Jackson