--- title: "25 Way Quotes By Colin Powell" description: "25 Way quotes by Colin Powell. Plus more from Colin Powell and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/colin-powell-691_adverse_don-t-let-adverse-facts-stand-in-the-way_2436538.jpg" --- > [Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/don-t-let-adverse-facts-stand-in-the-way-of-a-good-decision/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/colin-powell-691_adverse_don-t-let-adverse-facts-stand-in-the-way_2436538.jpg) > [ Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem \[are the core ingredients of good decisions\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/good-and-solid-analysis-and-a-formal-way-of-looking-at-a-problem-are/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/colin-powell-691_analysis_good-and-solid-analysis-and-a-formal-way_2041573.jpg) > [The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-united-states-is-not-looking-for-a-way-to-launch-war/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/colin-powell-691_states_the-united-states-is-not-looking-for-a-w_2180631.jpg) > [I have always tried to do my job in a way that I have people give me different points of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-have-always-tried-to-do-my-job-in-a-way-that-i-have-people-give-me/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/colin-powell-691_different_i-have-always-tried-to-do-my-job-in-a-wa_868684.jpg) > [In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/in-terms-of-the-legal-matter-of-creating-a-contract-between-two/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/colin-powell-691_allowing_in-terms-of-the-legal-matter-of-creating_2775752.jpg) > [Always find different ways to accomplish the mission. Then run a counter-analysis and list the advantages and disadvantages. When you have done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/always-find-different-ways-to-accomplish-the-mission-then-run-a/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/colin-powell-691_accomplish_always-find-different-ways-to-accomplish_2934561.jpg) > [ We are not dictating. We are not telling them \[Saudi Arabia\] how they should do it or who they should look like.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-are-not-dictating-we-are-not-telling-them-saudi-arabia-how-they/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/colin-powell-691_arabia_we-are-not-dictating-we-are-not-telling_355851.jpg) > [The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-best-way-to-create-a-winning-team-is-to-train-them-give-them/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/colin-powell-691_best-way_the-best-way-to-create-a-winning-team-is_2509687.jpg) > [All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/all-values-are-important-everyone-who-has-ever-touched-my-life-in/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/colin-powell-691_bad-life_all-values-are-important-everyone-who-ha_1946192.jpg) > [Another rule I have is: Don't let your ego get tied up in a policy dispute. Otherwise, if things don't go your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/another-rule-i-have-is-don-t-let-your-ego-get-tied-up-in-a-policy/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/colin-powell-691_break_another-rule-i-have-is-don-t-let-your-eg_101229.jpg) > [It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/it-remains-our-policy-to-change-the-regime-until-such-time-as-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/colin-powell-691_acting_it-remains-our-policy-to-change-the-regi_1225620.jpg) > [I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-served-40-years-in-government-and-i-m-not-looking-forward-to-a/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/colin-powell-691_asks_i-served-40-years-in-government-and-i-m_3074361.jpg) > [We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-want-to-approach-this-in-a-multilateral-way-talking-with-our/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/colin-powell-691_approach_we-want-to-approach-this-in-a-multilater_91602.jpg) > [Change of regime with respect to Iraq had nothing to do with this; it had everything to do with the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/change-of-regime-with-respect-to-iraq-had-nothing-to-do-with-this-it/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/colin-powell-691_change_change-of-regime-with-respect-to-iraq-ha_628918.jpg) > [Service-learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/service-learning-is-a-particularly-fertile-way-of-involving-young/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/colin-powell-691_academic_service-learning-is-a-particularly-ferti_1441868.jpg) > [How can we be enemies when there is so much that pulls us together? But in general I found that I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/how-can-we-be-enemies-when-there-is-so-much-that-pulls-us-together/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/colin-powell-691_colleagues_how-can-we-be-enemies-when-there-is-so-m_273553.jpg) > [I will look for a candidate, Republican or Democrat, who seems to be on the way or understands how to resolve the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-will-look-for-a-candidate-republican-or-democrat-who-seems-to-be-on/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/colin-powell-691_candidate_i-will-look-for-a-candidate-republican-o_2804774.jpg) > [My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/my-own-experience-is-use-the-tools-that-are-out-there-use-the-digital/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/colin-powell-691_compromise_my-own-experience-is-use-the-tools-that_1874235.jpg) > [1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. 2. Get mad, then get over it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/1-it-ain-t-as-bad-as-you-think-it-will-look-better-in-the-morning-2/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/colin-powell-691_adverse_1-it-ain-t-as-bad-as-you-think-it-will-l_1369259.jpg) > [The United States is looking at a way to launch peace with a disarmed Iraq. And so we are studying the declaration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-united-states-is-looking-at-a-way-to-launch-peace-with-a-disarmed/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/colin-powell-691_action_the-united-states-is-looking-at-a-way-to_914608.jpg) > [In the military we are always looking for ways to leverage up our forces. Having greater communications and command and control over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/in-the-military-we-are-always-looking-for-ways-to-leverage-up-our/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/colin-powell-691_believe_in-the-military-we-are-always-looking-fo_2332885.jpg) > [I'm going to be bringing people into the public diplomacy function of the department who are going to change from just selling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-m-going-to-be-bringing-people-into-the-public-diplomacy-function-of/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/colin-powell-691_american-values_i-m-going-to-be-bringing-people-into-the_2014370.jpg) > [What we would be committed to would be a representative government where all the Iraqi people decide who should lead their nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/what-we-would-be-committed-to-would-be-a-representative-government/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/colin-powell-691_able_what-we-would-be-committed-to-would-be-a_2389723.jpg) > [You can never err by treating everyone in the building with respect, thoughtfulness, and a kind word. Everyone of our employees is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/you-can-never-err-by-treating-everyone-in-the-building-with-respect/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/colin-powell-691_accomplish_you-can-never-err-by-treating-everyone-i_2308479.jpg) > [In the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/in-the-army-we-are-drilled-into-execution-and-then-supervision-to/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/colin-powell-691_army_in-the-army-we-are-drilled-into-executio_3011331.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Colin Powell > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/failure-is-a-part-of-life-and-you-have-to-learn-to-deal-with-it/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/effective-leaders-are-made-not-born-they-learn-from-trial-and-error/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Decision-making is lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/decision-making-is-lonely/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-purposes-of-the-united-states-should-not-be-doubted-the-security/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-always-like-to-take-my-time-and-examine-the-two-candidates-see-not/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-can-seldom-get-our-children-to-do-what-we-tell-them-but-they/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/with-respect-to-where-we-are-now-we-have-a-voluntary-army-and-if-we/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/politics-is-not-bean-bags-it-s-serious-tough-stuff/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/there-are-no-secrets-to-success-don-t-waste-time-looking-for-them/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/so-like-any-football-or-basketball-coach-you-always-always-believe/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-hope-that-more-assistance-will-be-available-to-the-nations-of-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/one-of-the-most-worrisome-things-that-emerges-from-the-thick/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/pissing-people-off-doesn-t-mean-you-re-doing-the-right-things-but/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-less-you-associate-with-some-people-the-more-your-life-will/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Be careful what you choose: You may get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/be-careful-what-you-choose-you-may-get-it/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/colin-powell/#itemlist", "name": "25 Way Quotes By Colin Powell", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colin Powell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/don-t-let-adverse-facts-stand-in-the-way-of-a-good-decision/", 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