It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

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.

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

Love has been described as a three-ring circus: First comes the engagement ring, then the wedding ring, and after that the suffering.

Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.

The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period.

I'm all right. I'm good. There has been better times, but I'll be okay.

It was just enough to sit there without words.

Everything is a slave of something else: Clouds, of the winds; men, of the desires; universe, of the chaos; shadows, of the light.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.