Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it. Colin Powell More Quotes by Colin Powell More Quotes From Colin Powell I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life. Colin Powell profit government found Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut. Colin Powell information use numbers Experts often possess more data than judgment. Colin Powell data experts action You don't know what you can get away with until you try. Colin Powell leadership trying inspirational 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 community government country 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 zero military heart I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote. Colin Powell difficult vote want Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find. Colin Powell call-of-duty appearance might We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate. Colin Powell doe war believe When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. Colin Powell military responsibility country 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? Colin Powell what-if christian country In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much of your force as possible on a critical point and take a risk elsewhere? In business that translates into focusing your investment on marketing, sales, or R&D, whichever will give you the greatest return. Colin Powell military giving war You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it. Colin Powell self gone jobs What you’re seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they’re directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society. Colin Powell wall people thinking As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married. Colin Powell marriage-equality gay couple Generally you should act somewhere between P40 and P70, as I call it. Sometime after you have obtained 40 percent of all the information you are liable to get, start thinking in terms of making a decision. When you have about 70 percent of all the information, you probably ought to decide, because you may lose an opportunity in losing time. Colin Powell decision opportunity thinking One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any. Colin Powell leader military doe With vision only, you get no follow-through. With enforcers only, the vision is realized but leaves a lot of wreckage. Colin Powell follow-through wreckage vision The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride. Colin Powell troops pride may No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic. Colin Powell pandemics earth war
