Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
COLIN POWELLIt takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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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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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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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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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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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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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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