Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them. — 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
