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

Quote by Colin Powell

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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is...

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is...

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

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

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

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...

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day...

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,...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work...

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work...

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly...

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly...

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

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.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

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...

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.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.