I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
COLIN POWELLFailure 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.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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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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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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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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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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