It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
COLIN POWELLThe 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.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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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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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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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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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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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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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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Get mad, then get over it.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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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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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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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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