Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
COLIN POWELLAlways do your best. Somebody is watching you.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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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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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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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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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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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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Don’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.
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