Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
COLIN POWELLTrust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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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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I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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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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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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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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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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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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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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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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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