The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Who seeks shall find.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
It's always too early to quit.
Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency.