Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
COLIN POWELLAlways be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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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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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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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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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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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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We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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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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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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