Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. 'Spare me the grim litany of the 'realist;' give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.

Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.

The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself.

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

Leadership is all about people … and getting the most out of people.

Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.

You have to create circumstances where your first-tier leader knows what you are trying to accomplish, because he is the one who's going to get it done.