Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
COLIN POWELLDon’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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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.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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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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Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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