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
Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with… — 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 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
Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand… — 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
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
