What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.

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.

What you learn is your personal treasure. No one can take it away from you.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

Not everything is about you," Clary said furiously. "Possibly," Jace said, "but you do have to admit that the majority of things are.

It's evident God had no design to make a particular Enumeration in the Holy Scriptures, of all the Works of his Creation.

It was a gift, something you can't teach. His hands looked like they were born to have a golf club in them.

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.

The Sufis say there are three ways to know fire - by hearing it described, by seeing it, or by being burned.

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man.

Self-body hate, like any hate or other strong negative emotion, contributes to unneeded weight gain by triggering junk-food cravings.

My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.