The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
COLIN POWELLMaybe 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.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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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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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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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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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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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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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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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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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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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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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