62 Colin Powell Quotes on Winning, Trying and Firsts - Quotes.pub

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I was taught to think about mission and people. Mission. What are you trying to accomplish? Don’t do anything until you know what the mission is. Drilled into our hearts and into our heads.

Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people.

You are the leader and the troops will reflect your emotions.

Whenever you place the cause of one of your actions outside yourself, it’s an excuse and not a reason.

Officers have been trying for hundreds of years to outsmart soldiers and have still not learned that it cannot be done. We can always count on the native ingenuity of the American GI to save us from ourselves, and to win wars.

We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.

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

If you take the pay, earn it. Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don’t disappoint yourself.

I get over it quickly and never lose control of myself.

Fear and failure are always present. Accept them as part of life and learn how to manage these realities. Be scared, but keep going. Being scared is usually transient. It will pass. If you fail, fix the causes and keep going.

Tell them what you know. Tell them what you don’t know. And only then, tell them what you think. And be sure you distinguish among them.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hardwork, and learning from failure-.

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.

Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.

Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Good morning Quotes

You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.

Be careful what you choose. You may get it.

Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.

Uplifting Quotes

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Work Quotes

Always focus on the front windshield and not the rearview mirror.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Inspirational Quotes Positive Quotes

Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.

Luck Quotes

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

Fire Quotes

Don’t just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it’s about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.

Kindness Quotes / Passion Quotes

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Passion Quotes

The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.

Stress Quotes

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I’ll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.

Loyalty Quotes

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.

Persistence Quotes Success Quotes Failure Quotes

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