I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 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
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 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
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
No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each… — 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
That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call "charm school." As soon as you are a general,… — 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
We have to be on guard that we don't spend so much time worrying about terrorism and guarding ourselves that we start… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think the American people are sophisticated enough and wise enough to make judgments about the candidates and wade through the charges… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Engineering didn't take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
