Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by…

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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody...

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless...

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless...

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

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

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

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.

Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.

Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable......

Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable......