Colin Powell Quotes

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

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”

“Get mad, then get over it.”

“Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.”

“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.”

“Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”

“One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.”

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

“The chief condition on which life, health, and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.”

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers.”

“'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared.”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.”

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”