None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
COLIN POWELLBad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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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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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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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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