Colin Powell

“All work is honorable. Always do your best, because someone is watching.”

— Colin Powell

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

— Colin Powell

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

— Colin Powell

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

— Colin Powell

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

— Colin Powell

The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it

— Colin Powell

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

— Colin Powell

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.

— Colin Powell

I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.

— Colin Powell

If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.

— Colin Powell

Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villians. I'm down to Castro and Kim Il Sung.

— Colin Powell

I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that…

— Colin Powell

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

— Colin Powell

Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.

— Colin Powell

I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just…

— Colin Powell

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are…

— Colin Powell

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

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to…

— Colin Powell

There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has…

— Colin Powell

How can we be enemies when there is so much that pulls us together? But in general I found that I had…

— Colin Powell

I will look for a candidate, Republican or Democrat, who seems to be on the way or understands how to resolve the…

— Colin Powell

For all the hardship, I was still excited to be on the trail, testing my endurance, feeling especially alive as strength and…

— Colin Powell

I'm going to be bringing people into the public diplomacy function of the department who are going to change from just selling…

— Colin Powell

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need…

— Colin Powell

“ON BUSY BASTARDS: A busy bastard can’t stop finding things to do. He never rests and as a result, his staff never…

— Colin Powell

It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership…

— Colin Powell

I strongly believe that at this point in America's history, we need a president that will not just continue, even with a…

— Colin Powell

It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure…

— Colin Powell

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

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

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last…

— Colin Powell

Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips…

— Colin Powell

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

— Colin Powell

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

— Colin Powell

The bottom line in all of it is that, in life, it's all about people.

— Colin Powell

Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.

— Colin Powell

“I'm not perfect but I'll be the creator of perfection.”

— Colin Powell

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

— Colin Powell

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

— Colin Powell

Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.

— Colin Powell