“I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.”
More from Colin Powell on Leadership
“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.”
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.”
Others on Leadership
John Maxwell
12 quotes“How to prepare someone for leadership:I do it.I do it and you watch.You do it and I watch.You do it.You do it and someon...”
Niccolò Machiavelli
10 quotes“A prince need take little account of conspiracies if the people are disposed in his favor.”
Simon Sinek
9 quotes“Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordin...”
Henry Kissinger
5 quotes“The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.”
Eisenhower
5 quotes“Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.”
Lao Tzu
5 quotes“If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”
Harry Truman
5 quotes“Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.”
Peter F. Drucker
4 quotes“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”
Charles de Gaulle
4 quotes“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action of one alone.”
George Patton
3 quotes“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads th...”
Woodrow Wilson
3 quotes“We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misu...”
Nelson Mandela
3 quotes“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”