Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

Trials and difficulties may assail the life of a believer, but they also have the ability to remold his character and banish from his life those impurities which might impair growth and service.

On of the prerequisites for my mobile phone is that I have to be able to fling it at a wall if I lose my temper.

Reading keeps me sane. Growing up, it was my scape, my alternative; it provided both rebellion and peace.

It's habits that can imprison you and it's habits that can free you. But when thanks to God becomes a habit - so joy in God becomes your life.

The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

You are protected. But if you don't take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation.

Every gift requires two freedoms: the giver's and the receiver's.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol be twisted aside, and the lie come to be.