I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
Colin Powell
You don't know what you can get away with until you try. Colin Powell
Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up. Colin Powell
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. Colin Powell
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Colin Powell
90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. Colin Powell