"There are no secrets to success: don't waste……" — 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 to those for whom you work and persistence."
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190 Quotes by Colin Powell
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power…
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things…
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Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of…
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or…
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty,…
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We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as…
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I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now…
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it…
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More Determination Quotes
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
— Saint Augustine
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
— Richard Bach
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
— Francis Bacon
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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
— Roger Bannister
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
— Alfred Adler
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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
— Milton Berle
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Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
— Mary McLeod Bethune
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