There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
COLIN POWELLThe best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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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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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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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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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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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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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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