Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

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.

If you wish to be happy, listen to your heart.

Sometimes, it is how you shine in the darkness during other people's misery that is remembered more than anything you could have said or done when you have suffered just as much.

The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides - only the heart truly binds.

Just smile.You'll be glad that you did.

They say God gives the hardest battles to his strongest soldiers

No' seems such a flimsy and inadequate little word to express how very little interest I have in hearing you rambling on about that particular topic.

Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy.

I am wearing a vest. If I had no arms, it would be a jacket.

To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.

On her daughters: I have a 5 year old and I have a 1 year old.