"Don't let your ego get too close..." - Quote by Colin Powell
Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
More by Colin Powell
“Trump has no sense of shame.”
“Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'”
“Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.”
More on Ego
“Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.”
“The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.”
“When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?”