Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

When reality is better than your dreams, stay awake.

With a ring around the rosaryAnd a pocket full of crossesAshes to ashesThey'll all fall down

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

human urine is both nutrient-rich and an effective tooth whitener

When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.

The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

When I say be creative I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem.

Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.

Leadership is another word for preparation.