"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it"
"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership"
"The illegal wildlife trade is a symptom of a larger problem. It is a symptom of our society's unsustainable consumption patterns and our failure to live in harmony with the natural world"