The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
COLIN POWELLTrying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Get mad, then get over it.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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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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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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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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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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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 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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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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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.
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