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Colin Powell Quotes


An American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001–2005), serving under President George W. Bush. He was the first African American appointed to that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War. He was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Here are some famous quotes by Colin Powell.

Get mad then get over it.

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Have a vision. Be demanding.

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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

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Experts often possess more data than judgment.

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

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Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

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You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

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90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

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

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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.

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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception it is a prevailing attitude.

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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.

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Many interviewers when they come to talk to me think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

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Over the years the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.