Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
COLIN POWELLDon’t just count your days, make your days count.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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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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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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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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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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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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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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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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