The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
COLIN POWELLDon’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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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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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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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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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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