Colin Powell Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Colin Powell
Colin Powell Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Colin Powell on Wise Famous Quotes.
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.
It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
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.
I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.
Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together - man, you got it.
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities before the invasion were inaccurate, wrong, and in some cases, deliberately misleading.
The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology ... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that I never entered it.
If you are black, if you are Puerto Rican or Hispanic, be proud of that. But don't let it become a problem. Let it become somebody else's problem.
I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.
The one thing the terrorists cannot do
not one of them, not 10 of them, not 10,000 of them
they cannot change who we are.
not one of them, not 10 of them, not 10,000 of them
they cannot change who we are.
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.
Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.
We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.
Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else ... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.
Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
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.
There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.
I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.
Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hardwork, and learning from failure-
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed ... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.
Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
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.
The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.
Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.
I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.