Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Quote by Colin Powell
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Colin Powell Quotes
- Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
- In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.
- We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.
- Get mad, then get over it.
- A dream doesn't become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
- The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.
- Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
- There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
- War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.
- We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
Best Quotes
- If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?
- April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory out of desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in a forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers.
- No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
- Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.
- Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking.
- But what is the difference between literature and journalism. Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.
- I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
- I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.
- If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.
- When a positive exchange between a brand and customers becomes quantifiable metrics, it encourages brand to provide better service, customer service to do a better job, and consumers to actively show their gratitude.