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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Understanding and accepting diversity enables us to see that each of us is needed.. It also enables us to begin to think about being abandoned to the strengths of others, of admitting that we cannot know or do everything.
Max De Pree
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Max De Pree
A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
Max De Pree
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right
Max De Pree
We can accomplish more together than we can alone.
Max De Pree