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

Quote by Colin Powell

Topics: Generosity Quotes

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.

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you...

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you...

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

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...

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...

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

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...

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...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

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...

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,...

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...

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.

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

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

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

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...

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...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of...

Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of...

Children spell love... T-I-M-E.

Children spell love... T-I-M-E.