Colin Powell Quotes

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

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excel...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego...

There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfect...

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

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's n...

Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.

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

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

I'm not perfect but I'll be the creator of perfection.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be en...

I was taught to think about mission and people. Mission. What are you trying to accomplish? Don't do...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you hav...

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Hope is not a strategy

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see t...

The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning a...

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prep...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, t...

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political syste...

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

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriag...

Get mad, then get over it.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.Any time you tolerate medio...

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and a...

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

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

What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're dir...

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

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

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

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this count...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach be...

The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have...

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an o...