"Never let your ego get so close..." - Quote by Colin Powell

“I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite far to the right. And sometimes they might be in a position to make judgments or recommendations to the candidate that should get a second thought.”

“Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.”

“Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.”

“Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.”

“It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world.”

“Through being "right", you feel superior and through feeling superior you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.”

“If Natur has gifted a man with powers of argeyment, a man has a right to make the best of 'em, and has not a right to stand on false delicacy, and deny that he is so gifted; for that is a turning of his back on Natur, a flouting of her, a slighting of her precious caskets, and a proving of one's self to be a swine that isn't worth her scattering pearls before.”

“If you are somebody to anybody, you're somebody.”

“As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad, and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him.”