It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
COLIN POWELLAlways show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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