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

Quote by Colin Powell

Topics: Generosity Quotes

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...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

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...

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...

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.

Get mad, then get over it.

Get mad, then get over it.

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...

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 was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got...

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got...

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.

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

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless...

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless...

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...

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

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...

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

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...

Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come...

Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come...

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is...

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is...

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.