Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

You don’t remember the gifts you are given

My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

A true Friendship is as wise as it is tender. The parties to it yield implicitly to the guidance of their love, and know no otherlaw nor kindness.

I think it's terrible for people in effect to say that income from investment should be taxed at a much lower rate than income from labor.

You were one person, and you changed the world.

I have a brain, I have a uterus, and they both work.

Democracy is always frustrating.

When sculpting the human figure in stone it is necessary to draw the whole form out of the content of the head.

The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.