Home / Quotes / Quote by Colin Powell

Quote by Colin Powell

“Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.”

Quote by Colin Powell

Author

Colin Powell, born on April 5, 1937, is a former United States Secretary of State known for his significant contributions to American politics and the military. He served as the National Security Advisor and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell is renowned for his exceptional leadership and diplomatic skills, becoming the first African American Secretary of State in U.S. history. more

You May Also Like

“Any fool can buy talent; only real leaders develop it.”

Real Leader Talent Fool

Author:Margaret Heffernan

“The leader's role is to make sure that strategy is kept super simple.”

Simple Leader Roles Strategy

Author:Robert E. Murray

“The leader of a company needs to have a decision tree in his head - if this happens, we go this way, but if it winds up like that, then we go this other way.”

Ifs Way Needs Happens Decision Company Leader Tree Wind

Author:Sean Parker

“Part of the challenge with leadership is that it's very driven by gut instinct in most cases - and even worse, everyone thinks they're really good at it. The reality is that very few people are.”

People Thinking Reality Challenges Cases Instinct Driven Guts Gut Instinct

Author:Laszlo Bock

“I'm not always thinking and working ... I think a leader has to really be a balanced, whole and healthy person personally in order to be the best leader on the job.”

Thinking Persons Whole Jobs Order Leader Healthy Being The Best Balanced Best Leader Always Thinking Healthy Person

Author:Mike Duke

“Hookers in Times Square, God bless 'em, are offering a Mitt Romney Special. For an extra $20 they'll change positions.”

Special Position Extras Ems Bless Squares Offering Romney God Bless Times Square

Author:David Letterman

“If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the welfare of others, and a full-flowered self-rationalizing refusal to accept the outcomes of elections, or the reality of democracy, or the narrowness of their minds and the equal narrowness of their public support.”

Ifs Mind Heart Self Whole Reality Party Accepting Support Democracy Equal Racism Hatred Election Blind Tea Welfare Outcomes Refusal Tea Party Disinterest

Author:Keith Olbermann

“And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.”

Country Standards Impact South International Debt Currency Standards Of Living Trajectory Competitiveness

Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.

“The older you get, the easier it is to spot the phonies. And I just think, how unpleasant for them.”

Thinking Easier Spots Phony

Author:Carrie Fisher

“If a creative person has a sense of humor, a sense of style and a certain amount of stubbornness, he finds a way to do what he needs to in spite of the obstacles.”

Ifs Way Needs Persons Certain Creative Style Amount Obstacles Spite Sense Of Humor Stubbornness Creative Person

Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art

Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art