Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

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

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Failure Hard Learning Preparation

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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

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Almost Always Argument Cut

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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

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Bother First Help People

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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

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Become Determination Dream Hard

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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.

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Close Down Shot Ego

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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.

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Action Attains Chief Condition

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

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Age Bad Improve News

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I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

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Giving Life Rest Speeches

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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.

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Achieve Attitude Big Develop

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Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

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Amount Back Certain Giving

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Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

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Behind Child Forward Great

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Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

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Declare Eventually Heart Hope

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Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

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Details Distracted Doubly Everyone

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

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Average Competition Effort Occurs

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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

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Force Optimism Perpetual

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

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Bad Better Look Morning

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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

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Contributor Efforts Greatest International

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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

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Politics Purpose Resort Should

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

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Afraid Backyard Challenge Even

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

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Failure Hard Learning Loyalty

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

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Hard People Play Seriously

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Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

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Always Command Earned Families

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

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Accomplishes Approach Best Chase

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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

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Dictator Form Gave Got

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Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

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Bags Bean Politics Serious

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I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

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Consider Defense Matters Moderate

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I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

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Community Except Work International

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There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.

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Civil Wars Countries Internal

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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.

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Citizens Community Country Educate

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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

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Always Attitude Display Having

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So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

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Always Basketball Believe Coach

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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.

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Convey Depressed Down Fall

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You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

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Break Country Government Guess

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People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a bus driver. I don't know.

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"35 Colin Powell Quotes & Sayings

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

Colin Powell

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Colin Powell

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Colin Powell

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.

Colin Powell

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.

Colin Powell

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I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

Colin Powell

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.

Colin Powell

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Colin Powell

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

Colin Powell

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

Colin Powell

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

Colin Powell

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

Colin Powell

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

Colin Powell

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

Colin Powell

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Colin Powell

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

Colin Powell

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

Colin Powell

There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.

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.

Colin Powell

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Colin Powell

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

Colin Powell

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.

Colin Powell

You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

Colin Powell

People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a bus driver. I don't know.

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