“When placed in command, take charge.”

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.

If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

It’s the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody’s got to do it. And if you don’t, who will?

How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.

It is only when you’re lying to yourself or hating some aspect of yourself that you’ll get an emotional charge from someone else’s behavior.

Love comes like it comes. You are not in charge.

Young people are leading the charge for a more sustainable and equal world and they give me hope.     

I always feel it’s important for me to show females that they can be in charge of their own situation.

Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.

Fear of decision making takes your life’s charge from you and it’s been given to your surroundings unconsciously. As long as you are afraid, people in your life will keep making decisions in your place.

Good marketing skills allow you to charge extra money for your time and skills.

Let’s take charge of our own happiness and be our own advocate.