But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
COLIN POWELLLeaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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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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Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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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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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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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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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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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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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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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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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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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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