Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If you are black, if you are Puerto Rican or Hispanic, be proud of that. But don't let it become a problem.… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In the army, all combat officers are taught the "Estimate of the Situation": When you are faced with a problem - take… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Service-learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem [are the core ingredients of good decisions]. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise. In my experience, the people… — 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
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