"Being in charge sometimes means making people..." - Quote by Colin Powell
Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it is not right.
More by Colin Powell
“Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.”
“Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable.”
“90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.”
More on Leadership
“It is unnatural that a pure stream should flow from a foul fountain its vices are but a continuation of the vices of its origin. A man of moral honor and good political principles, cannot submit to the mean drudgery and disgraceful arts, by which such elections are carried. To be a successful candidate, he must be destitute of the qualities that constitute a just legislator: and being thus disciplined to corruption it is not to be expected that the representative should be better than the man.”
“To lead, you must touch men's hearts.”
“We expect a great man to be a good reader.”
More on Decision Making
“To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.”
“I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what I think the country needs at that time, and I will vote for the person I think who is most qualified to serve the nation at that time.”
“You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.”