In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

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.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets

To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.

She was like the Sun. At just the right distance, she gave me life, but if I got too close, she would burn me.

Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.

Over 70 years after Hitler, a German chancellor, a woman, is the leader of the free world. So don't talk to me about irrevocable.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

Blessing: Constructive thought directed toward anyone or condition. You bless a man when you recognize the divinity in him.

Vigorous organisms talk not about their processes, but about their aims.

There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.