“It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.”

Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.

Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.

Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.

Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.

That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.

Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.

Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.

Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.

Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone

Discipline equals freedom.

If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.

Our egos don’t like to take blame.

In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.

You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.

Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.

Leadership is simple, but not easy.

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

Character is the direct result of mental attitude.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.

The smallest coffins are the heaviest.

The ones that love us never really leave us.

You give birth to that on which you fix your mind.

A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.