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Don't just count your days, make your days count.

Colin Powell

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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
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I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.
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I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.
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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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But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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We would like to see new leaders come forward who would be accountable and responsible, who would succeed in ending the terror and the violence. And it is up to the Palestinian people to judge who those new leaders should be.
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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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The president's personal staff has a unique role.
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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.
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Another rule I have is: Don't let your ego get tied up in a policy dispute. Otherwise, if things don't go your way, you can end up breaking a relationship with somebody with whom you can't afford to break.
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.
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Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.
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With respect to our friends in the [Iraq] region, each has its own system, each will have to make its own judgment as to whether it will change, how fast it will change, and we hope that we can help influence them as to how change comes about and what change might be better for them than other forms of change.
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Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
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Let me blow that up for you again.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude
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Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.
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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades, well known to everyone, that is essential to protect our national security, and frankly, the security of our friends in various regions of the world. It is part of our collection system.
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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