We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.

Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.

If you're looking for a book that will spike in sales and then go away and then spike again when it comes out in paperback, your normal model, I definitely won't give you that.

Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.

There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.