
List of quotes from Colin Powell
"Get mad, then get over it."
by Colin Powell
"We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us."
by Colin Powell
"Always focus on the front windshield and not the rear view mirror."
by Colin Powell
"Have a vision. Be demanding."
by Colin Powell
"Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up."
by Colin Powell
"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."
by Colin Powell
"Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds."
by Colin Powell
"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." by Colin Powell
"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
by Colin Powell
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
by Colin Powell