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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.


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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



Get mad, then get over it.

Get mad, then get over it.



Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.





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[Y]ou, one day, will knock lips with Turkish-coffee-clad veils whose beds our kin must tuck in misty-eyed.



When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.



A good hitting instructor is able to mold his teaching to the individual. If a guy stands on his head, you perfect that.

A good hitting instructor is able to mold his teaching to the individual. If a guy stands on his head, you perfect that.



You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.



Or from Browning some "Pomegranate," which if cut deep down the middle Shows a heart within blood-tinctured, of a veined humanity.

Or from Browning some "Pomegranate," which if cut deep down the middle Shows a heart within blood-tinctured, of a veined humanity.



Obedience out of love is joy.

Obedience out of love is joy.



Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.



I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric.

I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric.



The parallels between making love and giving birth are clear, not only in terms of passion and love, but also because we need essentially the same conditions for both experiences: privacy and safety.

The parallels between making love and giving birth are clear, not only in terms of passion and love, but also because we need essentially the same conditions for both experiences: privacy and safety.



If you have anything in your heart other than love, you've got to get it out.

If you have anything in your heart other than love, you've got to get it out.




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