Colin Powell
"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."
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"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
"Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself."
"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence."
"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."