Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

Quote by Colin Powell

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They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

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.

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.

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...

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

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...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

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

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

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading...

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading...

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...

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...

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.

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...