Colin Powell
sitemanagerGreat leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Colin Powell
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.…
Colin Powell
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…
Colin Powell
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
Colin Powell
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell
Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of…
Colin Powell
You don't know what you can get away with until you try.
Colin Powell
Get mad, then get over it.
Colin Powell
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.
Colin Powell
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
Colin Powell
Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.