C. F. Powell Quotes

The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.

Each child is sent into this world by God with a "Unique Message" to deliver, a new personal act of love to bestow

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

All Americans come from Ohio originally, if only briefly.

A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

The great spirals, with their enormous radial velocities and insensible proper motions, apparently lie outside our Solar system.

Unlike the phone system, which is engineered around an application, the Internet layered model allows you to, in essence, separate applications from infrastructure.

What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile.

We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.

Love is not a feeling to be felt, it's an action to be learned.

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.

Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them.

I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick.

What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic.

Of all political sacred-cows, education is the most sacred and the most cow-like.

Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

It is the English, not their Government; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other smarmy traitors.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

The real gift of love is self disclosure.

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.

There we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial.

Life is something like a remarkable, exciting puzzle. It comes piece by piece in packages marked days.

When we contact each other, we change each other. We are constantly making each other.

True religion, like our founding principles, requires that the rights of the disbeliever be equally acknowledged with those of the believer.

When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method

Observation always involves theory.

There is no better investment of time and money than in the life of a child. They are the future.

Never underestimate your talents, and try not to compare or wish for the talents of others. Focus on and accept the talents you have, and you will find great fulfillment in life.

It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.

Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.

I'd rather dance than eat.