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"Surround yourself with people too afraid to speak, and you left yourself to only your own ideas. That could be disastrous. It was important to have men who would question you and see flaws in your plans, so long as you could control them. It was all about control."
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"A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."
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"The government of any nation always represents the most corrupt part of a nation."
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"A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt leader, is much more alive than a nation with an awakened leader and a thousand corrupt citizens."
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"As you read in The Art of Being, having a heart of service and generosity is a powerful state of being and a positive way to make a great first impression through valuing others. "Service Beyond Self" encourages you to take deliberate action steps to rise above self-interest and ask what you can do for others, not what they can do for you."
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"Leaders console the world with their speeches, heroes console the world with their actions."
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"Africa! Africa! Africa! Africa my motherland!Africa, your people cries for you!Africans must educate their citizens. Africans must reach out to it's people and empower them to build the nation. Africans you are the only people who can liberated your citizens from poverty through education. Africans must pay the price to rebuild the continent."
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"The level of a leader is determined by his sphere of influence."
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"The leaderly response to personal irritation is to relax and open up not push, run, or close down."
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"Establish your system of control to see that your team does there job."
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"It was due to his tact, to his judgment, to his sympathetic manipulation of human beings that the atmosphere had always been such a happy one... If there was a change, therefore, the change must be due to the man at the top."
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"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"
Honesty

"Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath become yours."
Spiritual

"Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?"You're fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You're just losing horribly."
Conflict

"Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist."
Belief

"The strong lines of the woman's face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching her more difficult. If such a woman could be defeated by Elantris, what hope was there for Raoden?"
Strength

"Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself."
Ethics

"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."
Humor

"What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive."
Humor

"He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be."
Leadership

"I have to say, old friend, you were supposed to help train her, not drop her off a cliff."
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