"Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States."
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
Bill Cosby on Success"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."
Swami Vivekananda on Success"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."
Bruce Lee on Success"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
David Brinkley on Success"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston Churchill on Success"Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided."
"Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing."
"You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world."
"Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided."
"After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts."