We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of aligning actions with words and maintaining accountability in behavior.
Thomas Sankara highlights the crucial relationship between words and actions, urging individuals to ensure that their behavior reflects their commitments. Being vigilant about one's actions means being conscious of how they align with declared beliefs and intentions, which is essential for trustworthy leadership and integrity.
In practice
During a leadership workshop, this quote can inspire participants to hold themselves accountable in their roles.
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World. We draw the lessons of the American revolution.
Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended.
We must dare to invent the future
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The double bind lowers its boom on women in positions of authority, so those who haven't yet risen to such positions have not yet felt its full weight.
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.
The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first.
To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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The only thing I don't think people don't understand about good leaders is that they're both good and lucky. A lot of it is timing.
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