If you've got a talent, protect it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
You never know what motivates you.
Only the educated are free.
Well done is better than well said.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
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.