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

Quote by Colin Powell

Topics: Failure Quotes

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...

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

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

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

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...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

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

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

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...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

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...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human...

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human...