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.
COLIN POWELLBad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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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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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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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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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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