Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and purposes of the organization and there is trust within the team. High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.

It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.