A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.

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"There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full."

- Henry Kissinger

Self-awareness

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."

- Henry Kissinger

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"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."

- Henry Kissinger

Leadership

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are, to where they have not been."

- Henry Kissinger

Leadership

"Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt's time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it's different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment."

- Henry Kissinger

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"The youth of this generation have a greater capacity for obedience than any previous generation."

- Elder David A. Bednar

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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

- Confucius

Strength

"The pain you feel today will show itself as strength tomorrow."

- Tunde Oyeneyin

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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t."

- Henry Rollins

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