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Susan Collins
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“The road to success is a zigzag, first pointing this way and then that. If we start with high intention, then magic and coincidence will guide us there despite our lack of knowledge about what lies ahead.”
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“In a world that is changing as rapidly as this one, we need to think differently about leadership. Leading is not done by those few in high places, but by parents and teachers and managers and those governing — all working together to create the world that we want.”
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“The most precious contribution we can make here on Earth is to create the lives we want to be living, communicating in all ways, to everyone around us, that success is really possible.”
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“Leaders are like gardeners ... As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success but for cultivating the success of the next generation.”
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“It's interesting to note that a deadline was a real line prisoners were forced to stand on while they waited to be shot during the French Revolution. Some things haven't changed. We still feel the same way about dealing with deadlines.”
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“Success is completion. Success is being able to complete what we set out to do — each individual action, each specific step, each desired experience whether a big project or a very small errand.”
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“Our first responsibility as a leader is to create an attractive dream, to proclaim a destination, communicating it in detail to others who might be interested in joining our expedition.”
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“Getting a project started is like moving a ship. It takes a lot of energy to build up momentum.”
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“When we're impatient with beginners around us, we would do well to sign up for a class in scuba diving, ballroom dancing or anything else totally brand-new for us.”
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“If you don't know what you want, you'll probably get what somebody else wants.”
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“Leaders are visionaries. They see the outcome. Leaders are communicators. They tell us what they're seeing. They hold the dream, letting us feel that it's possible. Our minds open up to what they show us could be. We dream with them. We get excited with them, drawing on all our abilities to create the future.”
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“An expert is anyone who can already do what we want to do.”
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“Loving isn't liking and it takes liking to live together.”
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“We must pay close attention to the signals our body sends — the aches and pains, digestions and indigestions, increased energies and exhaustions. Our body sends us signals about the correct 'spelling' of our lives. These sensations are the sum of complex inner computations that we must learn to interpret.”
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“Our success multiplies each time we lead someone else to success.”