Colin Powell

It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Colin Powell

It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.

Colin Powell

It is not possible to rule out anything because we don’t know what will happen.

Colin Powell

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

Colin Powell

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don’t have the same energy flowing through.

Colin Powell

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.

Colin Powell

Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.

Colin Powell

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Colin Powell

Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.

Colin Powell

Remain calm, be kind.

Colin Powell