Colin Powell Quotes on Leadership (24 Quotes)

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

We talked about the need to see reform in the Palestinian Authority, and we will be discussing it with the Palestinian leaders,

There are three issues in the campaign, but it all really boils down to leadership, ... What kind of leader do you want Do you want a commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United States who will respect them and give them what they need to defend the nation properly.

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

a war so poorly conceived, conducted and explained by (the) country's leaders. ... You do not squander courage and lives without clear purpose, without the country's backing and without full commitment.

I would work to remove it, but good friends can disagree on issues, so I don't see that there is any big fight over that. We have a different view on this issue, but he is a gentleman that is going to be the leader of the party,

I am pleased that as a result of the leadership shown by President Megawati (Sukarnoputri), we are able now to start down a road towards greater military-to-military cooperation,

We have a plan, ... We have the commitment of leaders. And now we have to execute that plan and keep moving forward and not allow ourselves to be distracted or thrown off point from the promise that's out there with the road map by this surge of violence. We've got to punch our way through it.

I hope people will recognize that the future lies with the new leadership, not the old leadership,

We made clear to the leaders in the region that we want to move forward with negotiations as early as possible, ... And we're looking at different ways to do that once security has been established.

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.

He's been a failed leader for the Palestinian people, and his many years of leadership have not brought the Palestinian people one step or one day closer to a Palestinian state, ... He didn't change we moved on.

He still has that authority, that mantle of leadership given to him by the Palestinian people, and we will continue to work with him,

He knows what is expected of the Palestinian Authority and of him as the leader of that authority if we're ever going to go forward and get toward a cease fire,

There are these fissures within the Palestinian leadership that suggest maybe people are starting to realize where are we getting with the current leadership that we have, and perhaps we should consider new leaders,

This peace will require from the Palestinians a new and different leadership, new institutions and an end to terror and violence, ... Israel will also be required to make hard choices, including an end to all settlement construction activity.

We're looking for leadership in the White House that will be principled leadership,

will now see that their destiny is in the hands of their own leaders.

I see great leaders everywhere I look today. Bill Gates Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Political leadership is a lot more difficult today . . . with no strong consensus on what should be done. But there are always leaders in America and in every generation of Americans.

Chairman Arafat is the head of the Palestinian Authority and he is recognized ... as the leader of the Palestinian people,

The meeting is important to make sure that the Arab leadership is behind and supportive of the road map and the president's efforts, and will play their part in assisting the Palestinian Authority in restoring their security organizations and capacity, and speaking out as strongly as I expect the Palestinians to do in denouncing terror and violence and any support that is given to those that practice terror and violence.

This is now not just an attack against Israel and innocent Israeli citizens, it is an attack against his very authority as the leader of the Palestinian people and as the leader of the Palestinian authority,

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 them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

They're not going back there. I think they have discovered what democracy is about. They like it, and they want to be able to vote for their leaders.