Colin PowellYou can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea … ▶351HumanityThought
Colin PowellIn terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the… ▶374HumanityPolitics
Colin PowellThere are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.352Time
Colin PowellNobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed. ✨ Address to the United Nations Security Council, delivered 5 February 2003374Reading
Colin PowellFoe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal dipl… ▶342Time
Colin PowellThe healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. ✨ Colin L. Powell (1995). My American Journey, Random House Incorporated365Humanity
Colin PowellBut just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at … ▶332Love
Colin PowellThe freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.376Humor
Colin PowellIt's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.355Humanity
Colin PowellThe 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 fulfillme… ▶322Life
Colin PowellWar 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 L. Powell (1995). My American Jour… ▶344HumanityPolitics
Colin PowellGet mad, then get over it. ✨ Colin Powell (2012). It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, p.9, Harper Collins322Life
Colin PowellLuck tends to come to people who are prepared. ✨ Soldier and Statesman. The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 23, 1998.333DeathHumanityPolitics
Colin PowellEndeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. ✨ Colin L. Powell (1995). My American Journey, Random House Incorporated366Humanity
Colin PowellDon't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Learn from the pros, observe them, seek them out as mentors and partners. But remember that even the pros may ha… ▶356Time
Colin PowellI don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.301Thought
Colin PowellOrganization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. ✨ Colin L. Powell (1995). My American Journey, Random House Incorporated367Humanity
Colin PowellMy own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Lis… ▶312HumanityLife
Colin PowellOur 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 L. Powell (1995). My American Journey, Rand… ▶378Humor
Colin PowellWell, 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 … ▶312Humanity
Colin PowellNo war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic.367Humanity
Colin PowellJust hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great! ✨ Colin Powell reflects on endorsing Obama in 2008. Hannity with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. May 22, 2012.313Reflection
Colin PowellLet it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.368Love
Colin PowellExperts often possess more data than judgment. ✨ Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). My American Journey, p.173, Ballantine Books358Reading
Colin PowellAlways focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.369Time
Colin PowellTime is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.303TimeTruth
Colin PowellAs a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.369Thought
Colin PowellPeople get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people369Humanity
Colin PowellThe bottom line in all of it is that, in life, it's all about people.348HumanityLife
Colin PowellThe purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be… ▶293Politics
