427 Quotes by Colin Powell

Remain calm, be kind.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible dreams. Yet constant naysayers pursue no less impossible dreams. Their fear and cynicism move nothing forward. They kill progress. How many cynics built empires, great cities, or powerful corporations?

No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater sacrifice for the cause for Peace - than you, America's proud missile submarine family. You stand tall among our heroes of the Cold War.

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.

I think our initiative with respect to education and economic development can work in Saudi Arabia and it is up to the Saudis to decide how they wish to transform their society in order to make it prepared for the challenges of the 21st century.

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together