Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.

Thoughts arising from practical experience may be a bridle or a spur.

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a detail.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.