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“You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” – Barack Obama

“Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.” – Oprah Winfrey

“You need a commitment that is long-term and a commitment to leadership because that’s the only way you build excellence.” – Azim Premji

“If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.” – Jim Rohn

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“Self-esteem is important because it sets up a powerful cycle of personal growth and willingness to take risks.” – Ken Jennings

“There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.” – Germany Kent

“Judge a person not by how he treats you, but how he treats others. The former reflects what he wants you to think of him, the latter truly reflects who he is.” – Betty Jamie Chung

“It’s easier to treat people properly than to repair broken relationships.” – Frank Sonnenberg

“Tough times don’t last. Tough teams do.” – Robert Schuller

“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Be humble in your confidence yet courageous in your character.” – Melanie Koulouris

“Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all.” – Ray Davis

“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” —Joanne Ciulla

“Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation.” – Clayton Christensen

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” – Henrik Ibsen

“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” – Thomas Merton

“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” – Maya Angelou