Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
COLIN POWELLIt is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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 have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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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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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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