“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
“Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?”
GreatAll Quotes by Colin Powell
“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“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“I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.”
Attitude“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“War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.”
Politics“Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?”
Great“We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.”
Government“We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.”
Government“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Business“Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.”
Age“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
Business“Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.”
Politics“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.”
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“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“90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.”
History“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“Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.”
Hope“I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.”
Work