Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same.
Condoleezza RiceRead
Differences can be a strength.
Interpretation
Embracing diversity can enhance our capabilities and perspectives.
The quote emphasizes that differences among individuals, whether they pertain to culture, opinion, or background, can serve as a source of strength rather than a hindrance. By valuing and incorporating diverse viewpoints, we can foster innovation, collaboration, and resilience in various aspects of life.
In practice
During a team meeting, to encourage team members to share their unique perspectives.
Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same.
I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.
What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us.
For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in the free, prosperous, and peaceful international order that fundamentally serves our national interest.
Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea?
I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.
Love of action is not industry.
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it's a really liberating feeling to experience what it's like to not care.
I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding.
We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.
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