First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

I felt my cheeks turn red, and she laughed out loud. But I didn't mind too much, because the last thing she saw was my middle finger aimed in her direction as I stepped outside

You have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and a faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose then, your heart has been weeping blood?

Success is not measured by who you are, only by the perception of what others think you are

Who will dare say he has defined art?

I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia and fear among the isolated old guard in Moscow.

Success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.

That's who we are. That's partly why we've been successful. Spread it around and run our stuff.

The central challenge for any company, regardless of its size, is to keep doing a better job for its customers.

That combination of thought and action defines creative confidence: the ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.