It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.

Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.

On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd

Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff...Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread.

It's only a dogma that hells exists; it isn't a dogma that there's anybody in it.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

From a little boat, to a big boat, to a helicopter, to an airplane.

The words are in my own internal language, and mean more than I could ever explain.

I take around 60 trips a year for business so I can't say that I enjoy the act of travelling itself. I wish I could be transported to my destination without having to go on the journey to get there.

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

Two thousand years ago, five thousand, they didn't have a word for imagination, and faith was the best they could come up with for a pretty solemn bunch of followers.

If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill.