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" If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears. "

Simon Sinek

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" Multi-millionaires who pay half or less than half of the percentage of tax the rest of us pay justify their actions by saying they pay what the law requires. Though true, the fact is they found ways within the law to beat the purpose of the law - which, in the case of taxes, is that we all pay our fair share. "

" Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do.' "

" Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care. "

" Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? "

" The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past. "

" Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others. "

" I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you. "

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" I use Apple because they're easy to understand and everybody gets it. "

" Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound. "

" Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers. "

" Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them. "

" One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process. "

" If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start. "

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" When I was in college, my school newspaper accepted an ad from a Holocaust revisionist organization. This would have been offensive on most college campuses across the country, but I went to a school with a very large Jewish population, so the ad, as you might expect, stirred absolute outrage. "

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" Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete. "

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