He concluded that governments were like wars: the reasons and the forces might change, but it was still the same dying over the same soil.

He wore his medals. He had a surprising number of them, the real kind, not the ones you got for turning up. Although turning up was no mean thing, some days.

He wondered if he should try to talk to the boy like that. Perhaps the boy wondered why he didn't. But they had silence, and not many people had that.

This is the world, he thought. And I am in it.

Burn your fear of failure with the fire of desires that open the door of success.

Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.

From my time at Nokia, I've seen the 99% positive and occasionally negative impact that communication tools can have on people.

Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission

You are not a leader to win a popularity contest-you are a leader to lead.

Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't afraid to tell you the truth about yourself.

Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.

I like thieves. Some of my best friends are thieves. Why, just last week we had the president of the bank over for dinner.

Long and long has the grass been growing, Long and long has the rain been falling, Long has the globe been rolling round.