It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call "charm school." As soon as you are a general, people think that you know everything. You think yourself that you have become omniscient and omnipotent. Be careful, because people want to do everything they can to please the general, and you need to guard against this.

I think the American people want to see what we want to see, and that is for the Iraqi people to have a free, open, fair election, for their forces to be built up, for our reconstruction money to be used well, and for Iraqi security forces to take over so we can start bringing our troops home.

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

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

One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.