I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in. Colin Powell More Quotes by Colin Powell More Quotes From Colin Powell The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. Colin Powell armymilitaryleadership Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers. Colin Powell naysayersfear Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them. Colin Powell core-valuesleaderhonor The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization. Colin Powell buildingorganizationessence My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct. Colin Powell intuitionpayattention Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes Colin Powell rebelclothesorganization Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such circumstances, poverty is an assault against human dignity, and in that assault lies the natural seed of human anger Colin Powell povertylawlying Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Colin Powell backyardsmilitarychallenges Be careful what you choose: You may get it. Colin Powell carefulbe-carefulmay One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop. Colin Powell politicalexpressionneeds There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization. Colin Powell unimportantorganizationpersons I would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are going to want to see some progress and not just claims that this guy is out of office and we're going to do everything to destroy him or that somehow he is a 'socialist' taking over the country. Have we so lost our faith in this country that we think one person, one man can be can suddenly change our entire system? That's kind of absurd. Colin Powell mencountrythinking Don't just count your days, make your days count. Colin Powell Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead. Colin Powell trackhandsthinking When I was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I would still have junior officers brief me. Usually these people knew more about the subject we were discussing than I did. I had to make sure that they felt confident enough to tell me everything they believed. Colin Powell jointsjuniorspeople 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 destinyhealthbusiness I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren't high. Colin Powell good-organizationstandardsorganization You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy. Colin Powell patriotictragedyspirit Luck tends to come to people who are prepared. Colin Powell preparedluckpeople There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has done by being aggressive in the war on terror, this should redouble everyone's efforts to go after terrorist organizations of any kind... Terror has to be brought to an end. Colin Powell effortorganizationwar
