Quote by Colin Powell

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously,

Summary

This quote suggests that it is beneficial to be in the company of individuals who prioritize their work and give it the attention it deserves, but also don't take themselves too seriously. It emphasizes the importance of finding a balance between commitment to one's work and maintaining a sense of playfulness and enjoyment in life. Surrounding oneself with such people can create a positive and productive environment that encourages hard work and also promotes a healthy work-life balance.

By Colin Powell

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool o

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

Laurence J. Peter

Friendship

The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held h

The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israel's existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state.

War

006 was such an interesting character and the film really ex

006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

Friendship

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

Richard J. Needham

Honesty

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

Give a poet a pen

Give a poet a pen

A. Jarrell Hayes

Life Poetry Humor Funny Author Inspirational Culture Writing Poem Arts Liberal Arts

I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girl

I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around once in a while, even if they're only scratching their arms or blowing their noses or even just giggling or something.

Inspirational Romance

Failure too is a form of death...

Failure too is a form of death...

Failure

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...

Life

Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the d

Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads

Martin Luther King Jr.

Men Devil

The virtues chose Modesty to be their queen. I did not know

The virtues chose Modesty to be their queen. I did not know that I was a virtue, she said. Why did you not choose Innocence? Because of her ignorance, they replied. She knows nothing but that she is a virtue.

Innocence Virtues Modesty

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we'v

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

Malcolm Muggeridge

Belief