Don't just count your days, make your days count.

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together.

I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

We are not dictating. We are not telling them [Saudi Arabia] how they should do it or who they should look like. We are their friends. We have mutual interests and we will help them in any way that is possible.