Colin Powell

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.

— Colin Powell

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

— Colin Powell

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

— Colin Powell

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it

— Colin Powell

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad?... I…

— Colin Powell

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by…

— Colin Powell

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.

— Colin Powell

The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comment sections. And if we got rid of Twitter.

— Colin Powell

My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to…

— Colin Powell

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hardwork, and learning from failure-”

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

— Colin Powell

All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life…

— Colin Powell

It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced…

— Colin Powell

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have…

— Colin Powell

I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what…

— Colin Powell

It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of…

— Colin Powell

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its…

— Colin Powell

The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can…

— Colin Powell

Whenever you start-give it your best. The opportunities are there to be anything you want to be. But wanting to be someone…

— Colin Powell

I'm an American, first and foremost, and I'm very proud - I said, I've said to my beloved friend and colleague John…

— Colin Powell

I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans…

— Colin Powell

Terrorism threat is serious, and not just to American interests. The assaults in Russia against two airliners, bringing them out of the…

— Colin Powell

“ON BUSY BASTARDS: A busy bastard can’t stop finding things to do. He never rests and as a result, his staff never…

— Colin Powell

I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will…

— Colin Powell

We believe, from everything we have been told by the intelligence community, by 12 years of history with Iraq, by the experience…

— Colin Powell

Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my…

— Colin Powell

But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across…

— Colin Powell

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

— Colin Powell

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

— Colin Powell

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

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

— Colin Powell

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

— Colin Powell