Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. – Colin Powell
We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didnt come back, and make sure the Taliban wasnt resurging. It didnt work out. – Colin Powell
Dont let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesnt go with it. – Colin Powell
I dont think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But thats now history. – Colin Powell
Every man should have a library. The works of the grandest masters of literature may now be procured at prices that place them within the reach almost of the very poorest, and we may all put Parnassian singing birds into our chambers to cheer us with the sweetness of their songs. – William E.A. Axon, October 1867