Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

The United States is still seen as the leader at the world that wants to be free.

You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.