Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
COLIN POWELLEndeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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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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We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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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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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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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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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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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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