Great power involves great responsibility
Interpretation
With great power comes the necessity to act responsibly and ethically.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's quote emphasizes that those who hold significant power or authority must be aware of the weight of their actions and decisions. It serves as a reminder that having the ability to influence others or control situations comes with the duty to ensure that such influence is used wisely and for the greater good.
In practice
A leader addressing their team about the importance of making ethical decisions.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done.
Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even prejudices that can be turned to good purpose. It is never to try to recreate Mankind in a new image.
If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one
People want to be a part of an organization that lets them be fully alive and bring their gifts to work. People really do want to be engaged and feel proud of their contribution.
Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.
Heart of a solider with a brain to teach your whole nation.
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