Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.

Strength is leading when you just don't want to lead.

I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.

To be right is just one more reason not to achieve any success.

Your first draft is a petulant teenager, sure it knows best, adamant that its Mother is wrong. Your third draft has emerged from puberty, realising that its Mother was right about everything.

Making a great first impression is not an accident, and with a little planning, experimentation, and application, you can transform your style, substance, and impact.

If tomorrow we decided only to desist from killing and causing suffering for sport and entertainment, the world would be significantly better for animals. Even this we have failed to achieve.

Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me.

Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here.

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.

NFL owners should quit worrying about silly things like players celebrating in the end zone. They should give them something to really celebrate. Get rid of the artificial surfaces.

The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.

You can sell millions of records, be showered with all this love and admiration and still feel despised and unwanted. That's what I felt. I've made a lot of mistakes I'm not proud of.