You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

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It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

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Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust God, and do.

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When placed in command / take charge.

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He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.

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Neither Powell nor I wanted a ground war.

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I could guess what was going on.

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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

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