Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.

My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.

One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.

I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why wouldn't you, if you could?

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.