“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

Get mad, then get over it.

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.

We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.

You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.

All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.

The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over.

I’d rather be David Ladd’s father than Alan Ladd any day.

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day.

When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.

On a clear day, on a clear day, you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.

There are three days that are really slow for restaurants – Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.

So every day till the end of this campaign, Ill answer any question anyone has on government, but if you have a question on religion, please, go to church.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.