Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves.” — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Maybe we don't put our young people in situations often enough where they're allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise. In my experience, the people… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone would disagree with the conclusion that Saddam [Hussein] was a terrible dictator. He had gassed his own people… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily "buddy-buddy", just show kindness and consideration. Show that… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Even though the numbers are down with respect to favorability ratings, at every embassy and consular office tomorrow morning that we have,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Service-learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are… — 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
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
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The bottom line in all of it is that, in life, it's all about people. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have always tried to do my job in a way that I have people give me different points of view. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it… — 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
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