Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
COLIN POWELLPerpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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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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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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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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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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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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