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 POWELLGet mad, then get over it.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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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.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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