Colin Powell Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“You don't know what you can get away with until you try.”

“I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.”

“The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.”

“You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.”

“Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.”

“Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.”

“90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.”

“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.”

“Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.”

“It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.”