Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.
Colin PowellI would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.
Colin PowellIf you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Colin PowellWe have to start thinking of America as a family. We have to stop screeching screeching at each other, stop hurting each other, and instead start caring for, sacrificing for and sharing with each other ... We cannot move forward if cynics and critics swoop down and pick apart anything that goes wrong, to a point where we lose sight of what is right, decent and uniquely good about America.
Colin Powell