Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Never complain and never explain.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him.