Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Quote by Colin Powell

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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for...

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for...

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...

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...

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

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.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we...

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we...

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...

Get mad, then get over it.

Get mad, then get over it.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

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

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

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

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

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the...

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the...

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.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will...

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will...

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.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

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...

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...

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised...

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised...