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.
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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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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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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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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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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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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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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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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