“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your pos...” — Colin Powell Quote

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.

There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious.

Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.