Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.

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

Act as if you are going to live for ever and cast your plans way ahead. You must feel responsible without time limitations, and the consideration of whether you may or may not be around to see the results should never enter your thoughts.

A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.

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

A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation.