Colin Powell quotes

" The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. " # Effort # Competition # Winners and Winning

" Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. " # Optimism

" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. " # Success # Failure # Preparation

" Experts often possess more data than judgment. " # Experts # Judgment and Judges # Mathematics

" "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." " # Attitude # Habit # Excellence

" "Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off." " # Habit

" "Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible." " # Leaders and Leadership # Management # Science and Scientists

" Either move or be moved. " # Action

" "I'm sleeping like a baby, too. Every two hours, I wake up, screaming." (Upon hearing that President Bush was "sleeping like a baby" on the eve of war with Iraq.) [7] " # Politics # President # War

" In September 2005, Powell was asked about the Security Council speech during an interview with Barbara Walters and responded that it was a "blot" on his record. He went on to say, "it will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It's painful now." [2] " # Modern and Modernism # Interviews # Speech