Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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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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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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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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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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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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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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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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