"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."

"A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone."

"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."

"High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make."

"It is a subtle truth that he who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"It is a unyielding truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching."

"It is a profound truth that the stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove."