"To truly lead one's people, one must..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.
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“There is a constant struggle between good an evil in the world. It is up to good people to choose the right side”
“A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.”
“I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.”
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“Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.”
“The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer s own ease, comfort, and safety last.”
“People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs.”
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“When it seems that our sorrow is too great to be borne, let us think of the great family of the heavy-hearted into which our grief has given us entrance. And inevitably, we will feel about us their arms, their sympathy and their understanding.”
“Pity makes suffering contagious.”
“Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.”