Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.

Quote by Colin Powell

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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...

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...

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.

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 buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.