Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Thee are such horrible weapons. And so no sane leader would ever want to cross that line to using nuclear weapons. And,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There's no doubt in my mind, though, that the Iraqi people would be better off with a different leader who did not… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . .… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can't be implemented rapidly and efficiently.… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You have to create circumstances where your first-tier leader knows what you are trying to accomplish, because he is the one who's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and… — Colin Powell Copy Share
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring… — Colin Powell Copy Share
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — Colin Powell Copy Share
With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at… — Colin Powell Copy Share
There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them, success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty… — Colin Powell Copy Share
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share
We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed… — Colin Powell Copy Share
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile… — Colin Powell Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.… — Colin Powell Copy Share
