Top 70 Quotes by Colin Powell

About Colin Powell

These are some quotes by American author Colin Powell Statesman, who was born on April 5, 1937.

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

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

Colin Powell

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

Colin Powell

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

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

Colin Powell

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

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

Colin Powell

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

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

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.

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

You 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 party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.

Colin Powell

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

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

Colin Powell

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

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

Colin Powell

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

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

Colin Powell

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