“It is very easy to be a military strategist, a mercenary, or a king, but much harder to be a father.”

“Always remember: Business is War.At the end of the day, the one with access to the best intel wins. Thisapplies as much to business and politics as it does to the military. Askevery single billionaire and military or political strategist out there.They will all confirm that as fact.”

“It's very easy to get a boy to leave the room.It's much harder to get him to leave your thoughts.”

“Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.”

“Lying to yourself is easy, too. I know. It's much harder to stay and deal with consequences.”

“Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists”