We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

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.

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.

A leader that doesn't sympathize have a loose string and wicked heart.

Change anything about your life that cannot be accepted. Accept everything about your life that cannot be changed and move on with your big dreams!

Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden.

Most mysteries are soluble in time.

If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.

I spent most of my adult life looking for romantic love.

I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.

You should shine with all of your light all the time.

To make progress we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies.