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Colin Powell
Colin Powell
American Statesman
Born: Apr 5, 1937
People Think Will Work World You
Related authors: Condoleezza Rice Daniel Webster George Mason Henry Clay Henry Kissinger John C. Calhoun Madeleine Albright William H. Seward
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Colin Powell
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. Colin Powell
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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. Colin Powell
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Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. Colin Powell
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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
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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. Colin Powell
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You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy. Colin Powell
You Voting Political Judgment Philosophy Individual Just Agenda Platform
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. Colin Powell
Work Yourself People Work Hard Surround Yourself Seriously Those Take Surround Themselves Hard Who Play
Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. Colin Powell
Yourself People Problem First Solve Bother Without Trying Help
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together. Colin Powell
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As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision. Colin Powell
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It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. Colin Powell
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. Colin Powell
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Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell
Wisdom Ego Having Falls Close Goes Your Avoid Position
In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'. Colin Powell
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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. Colin Powell
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Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell
Ego Never Close Get Goes Your Position
Get mad, then get over it. Colin Powell
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But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. Colin Powell
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Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise. Colin Powell
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If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. Colin Powell
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Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah. Colin Powell
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In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is. Colin Powell
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Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. Colin Powell
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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. Colin Powell
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