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“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”

“High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.”

“Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.”

“If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs and no rain gear because the equipment man left it at home.”

“Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”