If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.

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.

We have to start thinking of America as a family. We have to stop screeching screeching at each other, stop hurting each other, and instead start caring for, sacrificing for and sharing with each other ... We cannot move forward if cynics and critics swoop down and pick apart anything that goes wrong, to a point where we lose sight of what is right, decent and uniquely good about America.

He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours.

Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!

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.