"You need to learn what people have done,……" — Colin Powell
"You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution."
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190 Quotes by Colin Powell
Colin Powell has 190 quotes on this site.
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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 Execution Quotes
This quote is filed under Execution Quotes,
one of 388 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new…
— Francis Bacon
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
— Ansel Adams
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Execution is everything.
— Jeff Bridges
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You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
— George Carlin
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry…
— Chanakya
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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just…
— Hank Aaron
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This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team.
— Doc Rivers
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
— Samuel Johnson
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Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've…
— Larry Page
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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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