“It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.”

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

The way to do well is to do well.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.

What you measure improves.” A corollary rule in the military is that “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.

Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.

Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.

Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.

Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.

Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.

If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.

You can’t be sensitive, because you’re going to get criticized. I don’t care who you are, you’re going to get criticized.

Merciless criticism and independent thinking are the two necessary traits of revolutionary thinking.

Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.

If people want to criticize me, that’s their issue.

The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.

If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.