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Quotes from The Powell Principles — Colin Powell

1937–2021 United States

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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

The Powell Principles (2003)

If 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.

The Powell Principles (2003)

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.

The Powell Principles (2003)

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

The Powell Principles (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Colin Powell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.