Quote

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

Colin Powell

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
Compass
Shame
Moral
Sense

More quotes by Colin Powell

Image
Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.
Colin Powell
Image
Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
Colin Powell
Image
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
Colin Powell
Image
That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call charm school. As soon as you are a general, people think that you know everything. You think yourself that you have become omniscient and omnipotent. Be careful, because people want to do everything they can to please the general, and you need to guard against this.
Colin Powell
Image
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
Colin Powell
Image
Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.
Colin Powell
Image
Let me blow that up for you again.
Colin Powell
Image
In the army, all combat officers are taught the Estimate of the Situation: When you are faced with a problem - take that hill, or in business maybe grow your market share - the first thing you do is to make an analysis of your environment.
Colin Powell
Image
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
Colin Powell
Image
Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
Colin Powell
Image
As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.
Colin Powell
Image
Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.
Colin Powell
Image
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
Colin Powell
Image
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
Colin Powell
Image
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
Colin Powell
Image
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
Colin Powell
Image
How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.
Colin Powell
Image
The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
Colin Powell
Image
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents.
Colin Powell
Image
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
Colin Powell