The world
needs more men who do not have a price at which they can be bought;
who do not
borrow from integrity to pay for expediency;
who have
their priorities straight and in proper order;
whose
handshake is an ironclad contract;
who are not
afraid of taking risks to advance what is right;
and who are
honest in small matters as they are in large ones.
The world
needs more men whose ambitions are big enough to include others;
who know how
to win with grace and lose with dignity;
who do not
believe that shrewdness and cunning and ruthlessness
are the three keys to success;
who still
have friends they made twenty years ago;
who put
principle and consistency above politics, or personal advancement;
and who are
not afraid to go against the grain of popular opinion.
The world
needs more men who do not forsake what is right just to get
because it
makes them look good;
who know how
important it is to lead by example, not by barking orders;
who would
not have you do something they would not do themselves;
who work to
turn even the most adverse circumstances into opportunities to
learn and
improve;
and who love
even those who have done some injustice or unfairness to them.
The world,
in other words, needs more true leaders.
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