Colin Powell Quotes

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

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.

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

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.

The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above-average effort.

Many of my generation, the career captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels seasoned in that war [Vietnam], vowed that when our turn came to call the shots, we would not quietly acquiesce in halfhearted warfare for half-baked reasons that the American people could not understand.

What the hell, what are these guys thinking about? Can’t you get these guys back in the box?

Capital is a coward. It flees from corruption and bad policies, conflict and unpredictability. It shuns ignorance, disease and illiteracy. Capital goes where it is welcomed and where investors can be confident of a return on the resources they have put at risk. It goes to countries where women can work, children can read, and entrepreneurs can dream.