His humility became our salvation. His salvation is our humility.

With Decentralized Command, it was crucial that leaders at every level be fully self-reliant, ready to step up and execute to accomplish the mission.

The ancient curse will not go out painlessly; the tough, old miser within us will not lie down and die obedient to our command. He must be torn out of our heart like a plant from the soil; he must be extracted in agony and blood like a tooth from the jaw.

The new technologies Perry had pushed the Pentagon to develop during the late 1970s performed even beyond his expectations. The Iraqi military—armed with some of the best equipment the Soviet Union’s defense industry produced—was helpless in the face of the American assault.

We were simply fortunate enough to experience an array of leadership challenges that taught us valuable lessons.

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

Trying to catch the bottom on a falling stock is like trying to catch a falling knife.

Every business needs a bank, and you should use every opportunity you have to build a relationship with one. Forget about whether or not you need a loan right now. The truth is, you’re better off if you don’t. What’s important is to have the relationship.

The Son takes a subordinate role, and in that movement he shows not his weakness but his greatness.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.