The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
COLIN POWELLIt is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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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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Always 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.
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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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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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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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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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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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