Colin Powell Quotes

» Get mad, then get over it.

» Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

» The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

» There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

» 90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

» Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

» Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

» Experts often possess more data than judgment.

» Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

» You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

» I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

» If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

» Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

» I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

» Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

» I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

» Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

» Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

» Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

» The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

» The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

» Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

» Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

» It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

» The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international efforts in the world.

» War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

» No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

» Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

» Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

» Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

» A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

» Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

» The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

» Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

» Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

» Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

» Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

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