"The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes. " ~~ Henry Kissinger
"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. " ~~ Henry Kissinger
"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. " ~~ Henry Kissinger
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger
"Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crises invented." ~~ Henry Kissinger
"In crises the most daring course is often safest. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger
"Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger
"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger
"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. " ~~ Henry Kissinger
"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. " ~~ Henry Kissinger
"No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger
"Accept everything about yourself – I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end – no apologies, no regrets. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger