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- Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
- The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
- Virtue is insufficient temptation.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
- Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), Analects
- We can never tell what is in store for us.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
- I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.
- Walter J. Lippmann
- Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
- Marian Anderson
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