Colin Powell
"I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history."
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"I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history."
"أظننا لم نحسن التعامل مع تداعيات سقوط بغداد كما كان ينبغي، لكن ذلك بات الآن من التاريخ."
Colin Powell
"Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission."
"لا تتقولب في أنماط جاهزة، ولا تسعَ وراء بدع الإدارة الحديثة. فالموقف هو الذي يملي النهج الأمثل لإنجاز مهمة الفريق."
Colin Powell
"It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning."
"الأمر ليس بسوء ما تتخيل، سيبدو أفضل في الصباح."
Colin Powell
"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age."
"الأخبار السيئة ليست كالخمر، لا تتحسن بمرور الزمن."
Colin Powell
"Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard."
"أحِطْ نفسَكَ بمن يأخذون عملهم على محمل الجد، لا ذواتهم، أولئك الذين يكدّون في العمل ويُجيدون اللهو."
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."
"القيادة هي حل المشكلات. ويوم يتوقف الجنود عن عرض مشكلاتهم عليك، هو اليوم الذي تتوقف فيه عن قيادتهم. فإما أنهم فقدوا الثقة في قدرتك على المساعدة، أو استنتجوا أنك لا تبالي. وفي كلتا الحالتين، يكون ذلك فشلاً في القيادة."
Colin Powell
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
"لا تتحقق الأحلام بالسحر، بل بالعرق والعزيمة والكد."
Colin Powell
"I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them."
"أجلّ حقيقة أن العديد من الطوائف لديها وجهات نظر مختلفة بشأن زواج المثليين، وبإمكانها التمسك بذلك في قدسية دينها، وألا تبارك هذه الزيجات أو تعقدها."
Colin Powell
"Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place."
"اليوم أستطيع أن أعلن أملي، وأعلنه من أعماق قلبي، بأننا سنشهد في نهاية المطاف اليوم الذي ينخفض فيه عدد الأسلحة النووية إلى الصفر، ويصبح العالم مكاناً أفضل بكثير."
Colin Powell
"I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude."
"إن دور القائد، في السراء والضراء، يقتضي منه أن يتحلى دومًا بروح المنتصر."
Colin Powell
"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."
"إن أردت بلوغ التميز في جلائل الأمور، فاصقل هذه العادة في صغائرها. فالتميز ليس استثناءً، بل هو موقف سائد."
Colin Powell
"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."
"لا تدع ذاتك تدنو كثيرًا من منصبك، كي لا تسقط ذاتك معه إن هوى منصبك."
Colin Powell
"Hope is not a strategy"
Colin Powell
"I was taught to think about mission and people. Mission. What are you trying to accomplish? Don't do anything until you know what the mission is. Drilled into our hearts and into our heads."
Colin Powell
"I'm not perfect but I'll be the creator of perfection."
Colin Powell
"The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best."
Colin Powell
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Colin Powell
"Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror."
Colin Powell
"Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier."
Colin Powell
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
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