The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

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

Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle and it's from failure that you gain life experience.

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own lives in peace.