The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride.
Colin PowellI think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein and whether or not he is prepared to give up the weapons of mass destruction that he has used to terrorise the region.
Colin PowellLeadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
Colin PowellAlways be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together โ man, you got it.
Colin PowellDon't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
Colin PowellWe have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own lives in peace.
Colin Powell