The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Quote by Colin Powell

Topics: Confidence Quotes, Leadership Quotes

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...

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

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

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% 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...

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...

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have...

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have...

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.

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...

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

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.

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...

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...

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

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,...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

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

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

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...

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship,...

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship,...

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your...

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your...

The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought...

The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought...