And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A lot of advertising has gotten worse. I think it’s kind of lost its nerve, to be honest with you. I feel like the advertising of the ’60s, they were nervier. You know why? Because there was less at stake.

The difference between us and them, between you and success, is not that you never fail, but it’s how you recover from those failures – is that you keep getting up time and time again. You figure out what you did wrong, and then you make it right. I say that to my kids every day.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

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

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

I do not have a merchandise line. I don’t sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse various products from liquor to airlines to automobiles to pharmaceuticals dozens of times, I have managed to resist the temptation.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there’s layer after layer of management – a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities.

I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

Of course awards matter.

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Anybody who tells you that a two-day conference, you’re going to turn into the General Patton of leadership, they’re not telling you the truth. But you can learn the fundamentals; you can absolutely understand the fundamentals.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone – and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff.

We’re not going to go 82-0 and blow everybody out. We are going to be challenged.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn’t lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn’t a question of their ability – it was a question of their ability to listen.

Through every victory and every setback, I’ve insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn’t meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.

I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

I always make my dreams into goals.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

It sure is hell to be president.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Think and grow rich.