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Colin Powell Quotes: "Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off."

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.



Colin Powell Quotes: "A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.




Colin Powell Quotes: "None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows."

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.



Colin Powell Quotes: "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."

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.




Colin Powell Quotes: "Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience."

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.



Colin Powell Quotes: "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."

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 Powell Quotes: "Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers."

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.




Colin Powell Quotes: "Get mad, then get over it."

Get mad, then get over it.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off."

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard."

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.



Colin Powell Quotes: "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."

A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it."

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.




Colin Powell Quotes: "Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard."

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.



Colin Powell Quotes: "One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others."

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.



Colin Powell Quotes: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms."

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers."

Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.



Colin Powell Quotes: "I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude."

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.



Colin Powell Quotes: "The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort."

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff."

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.



Colin Powell Quotes: "If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed."

If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier."

Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.



Colin Powell Quotes: "The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'"

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'



Colin Powell Quotes: "You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours."

You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know."

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.



Colin Powell Quotes: "We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more."

We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.



Colin Powell Quotes: "The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them."

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it."

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible."

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.



Colin Powell Quotes: "You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity."

You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.



Colin Powell Quotes: "As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision."

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Maybe 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."

Maybe 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.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Don't just count your days, make your days count."

Don't just count your days, make your days count.



Colin Powell Quotes: "The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization."

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.



Colin Powell Quotes: "I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches."

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes"

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes



Colin Powell Quotes: "Trust is the essence of Leadership."

Trust is the essence of Leadership.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Be careful what you choose: You may get it."

Be careful what you choose: You may get it.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity."

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror."

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them."

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Always do your best. Somebody is watching you."

Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations."

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.



Colin Powell Quotes: "The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best."

The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant."

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved."

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.



Colin Powell Quotes: "I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it."

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place."

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff."

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.



Colin Powell Quotes: "Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude"

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude