"1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. 2. Get mad, then get over it. 3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. 4. It can be done! 5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it. 6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. 7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours. 8. Check small things. 9. Share credit. 10. Remain calm. Be kind."

Source : Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.886, Ballantine Books

Colin Powell

#Morning Quotes #Fall Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them.”
“Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.169
“Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.15, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“If I had the power, I would ban leggings.”

Source : "Jil Sander: 'If I had the power I would ban leggings'" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 06, 2011.
“Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.”
“The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied. The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.”

Source : "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation". Book by Lynne Truss, November 6, 2003.
“The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they just have to eliminate from their inner sanctum anyone who is going to really challenge it. But I think all bandmates of U2 were lucky enough to have the four of us respect and regard each other to the extent that we're kind of always looking out for one another, so none of us can get away with buying into the bullshit.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.”

Source : Song: My Thanksgiving

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