Some day I shall be President.

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

I have a cult-like following because I exemplify what it is to be a human being.

My game is really played above time. I don’t say that like I’m saying I’m ahead of my time. I’m saying, like, if I’m on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I’ve thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that’s the right place to go to.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don’t want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

I can easily imagine Obama sitting down and talking to any leader – or any person – in the world, with no baggage of past servitude or race supremacy to mar their talks.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side… It has revealed to us much about man’s shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can’t run a state.

I came to New York to be a fine artist – that was my ambition.

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

I always wanted a family.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.

Being president isn’t anything like reality TV. It’s not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it’s about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty… it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

If I can be a leader, I will.

I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person. It’s a pretty good test.

I don’t think I would run for president.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

I don’t think consensus-building politics is what I’m meant to be doing.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn’t, thank God.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved… or star in a movie.

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.