Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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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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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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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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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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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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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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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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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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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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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