He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk.
It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
I have seen the future, and it works.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better solutions than what anyone originally thought of. So I work hard to only attend those meetings that have strategic importance and miss all kinds of other seemingly urgent meetings.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
There is nothing so practical as a good theory.
Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
Everything rises and falls on leadership.
What's well begun is half done.
Accountability goes hand in hand with reform.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
You cannot effectuate change if you do not have power.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.
We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.
U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
Many people feel that we need the rule of law to eliminate our problems. But is it more laws that we need? We have many laws - thousands upon thousands of them - but they are constantly being broken.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
Knowledge is NOT power. Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power. Action is power.
