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.

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

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

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

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.

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

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

Colin Powell

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Colin Powell

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

Colin Powell

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Colin Powell

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Colin Powell

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