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 Quality is never an accident: it is always the result of high intention,
sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution. It represents
the wise choice of many alternatives.
Courage: “One person with courage is a majority.”
 “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is
the quality which guarantees all others.”
 “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” (Karl Barth, Swiss
Theologian)
 “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you’re scared.” (Eddie Rickenbacker)
 Courage isn’t an absence of fear. It’s doing what you’re afraid to do.
It’s having the power to let go of the familiar and forge ahead into new
territory.
 The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy.
 Courage deals with principle, not perception. If you don’t have the
ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you’ll never
be an effective leader.
 “Courage is contagious.” – “Fear limits a leader.”
 “Fear not that your life will come to an end, but that it will never have a
beginning.”
 “What’s ironic is that those who don’t have the courage to take risks and
those who do, experience the same amount of fear in life.”
 “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in
which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to
yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes
along.’
 You must do the thing you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Discernment: “Smart leaders believe only half of what they hear.
Discerning leaders know which half to believe.”
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