If I Were To Give Off-the-cuff Advice

You Are Your Own Raw Material. When You Know What You Consist Of And What You Want To Make Of It, Then You Can Invent Yourself.

Leadership Is The Capacity To Translate Vision Into Reality.

Government Is Like An Onion. To Understand It, You Have To Peel Through Many Different Layers. Most Outsiders Never Get Beyond The First Or Second Layer.

Judgment Without Character Is Expediency... Or Worse.

More Leaders Have Been Made By Accident, Circumstance, Sheer Grit, Or Will Than Have Been Made By All The Leadership Courses Put Together.