“It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'”
Anger
“It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.”
MorningAll Quotes by Colin Powell
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
Business“I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.”
Marriage“The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.”
Peace“It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.”
Morning“I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.”
Work“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.”
Business“90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.”
History“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.”
Best“Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!”
Birthday“Get mad, then get over it.”
Anger“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.”
Failure“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”
Failure“The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.”
Health“What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.”
Society“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“Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.”
Age“In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.”
Great“When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.”
Government“I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.”
History