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

Quote by Colin Powell

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I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to...

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to...

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

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...

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,...

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...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

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...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning...

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

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...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

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,...

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm...

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm...

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...