Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.

President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards.

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

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.

War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice for war. Every political and diplomatic effort should be made to avoid war while achieving your objective.

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.