There are two kinds of pain, the sort of pain that makes you strong or useless pain. The sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things. I have no patience for useless things. Moments like this require someone who will act or do the unpleasant thing or the necessary thing. There, no more pain.
Give and take.
A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory but rather how he or she endures defeat. Nothing can help us endure dark times better than our faith.
Forward! That is the battle cry. Leave ideologies for the Armchair General, does me no good.
Power's a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value.
It's the number of days since April 4, 1999.As of this morning, that's 5185.The bigger that number gets, the more it frightens me, because I know all it takes is one drink to go back to zero. Most people see fear as a weakness. It can be. Sometimes for my job, I have to put fear in other people. I know that's not right. But if I'm honest, like the fourth step asks us to be, I have to be ruthless, because failure is not an option. The same goes for my sobriety. I have to be ruthless with myself. I have to use my fear. I t makes me stronger. Like everyone in this room, I can't control who I am. But I can control the zero. Fuck the zero.
I must not lose my resolve. I will march forward, even if I have to do so...alone.
Speculation is a poor form of investment.
Not an easy thing to say no to the most powerful man in the free world. Sometimes the only way to gain your superior's respect is to defy him.
Friends make the worst enemies.
The rational and the irrational complement each other. Individually, they are far less powerful.
Proximity to power deludes some into believing they wield it. I put an end to that sort of thinking before it begins.
It only takes ten seconds to crush a man's ambitions. I need to take care that I protect mine.
Once someone is exposed, they're at your mercy.
We may have our disagreements, Linda, but that doesn't mean we can't look out for each other.
A great man once said that everything in life is about sex. Except sex, sex is about power.
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