Colin Powell Quotes about Attitude

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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Colin Powell

Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.198, Ballantine Books

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

Colin Powell

Attitude, Perfection, Excellence

Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. 'Spare me the grim litany of the 'realist;' give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.

Colin Powell

Change, Attitude, Talking