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
People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people — 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
The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly....So thank you… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades,… — 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
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
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
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. 2. Get mad, then get over it.… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater sacrifice for the cause for Peace -… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Always find different ways to accomplish the mission. Then run a counter-analysis and list the advantages and disadvantages. When you have done… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But… — 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 Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
