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…

Quote by Colin Powell

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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which...

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which...

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

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

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

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

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

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not...

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not...

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart...

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart...