One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
COLIN POWELLAlways be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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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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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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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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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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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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