In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. ― Anne Frank

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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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People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs. — Marianne Williamson

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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. — Colin Powell

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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. — Nelson Mandela

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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

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Be willing to take the first step, no matter how small it is. Concentrate on the fact that you are willing to learn. Absolute miracles will happen.

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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

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And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

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