A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.

We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed today: civic society development, education and economic development.