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Un uomo che per amore della giustizia e per rispetto delle istituzioni accetta una condanna anche se non la condivide e si reca sua sponte in carcere per scontare la pena, non è uno sconfitto, ma un uomo.
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Totò Cuffaro (L'uomo è un mendicante che crede di essere un re (Italian Edition))
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Somewhere between Burger King and now, the Syrian’s sleight-of-hand security system worked. Pike wasn’t here. I never doubted, not once, he would find me. My task was to stay alive until it happened or I could escape on my own. The United States Army sent me to something called Ranger School. The Ranger motto was sua sponte. It meant you’re on your own, asshole. Okay.
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Robert Crais (Taken (Elvis Cole, #15; Joe Pike, #4))
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was lost. After the dedication was over, I approached the young SEAL and thanked him for his prompt action. He responded to me, “Sir, something had to be done and no one else was doing it. So I thought it was up to me.” It may have been the best response to real leadership that I ever heard. “No one else was doing it, so it was up to me.” It was the essence of Sua Sponte.
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William H. McRaven (The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy))