The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

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

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

When you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she’s doing.

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn’t mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you’ve forgotten high school.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.

The most genius thing about the way I create is to create with other geniuses.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

I make decisions all day, so it’s nice for a woman like me to go to dinner and have the man take the menu and say, ‚Let me order.‘ Other women would be offended by that, but I’m like, ‚Good. Because I can’t make one more decision today.‘ I want someone to rub my feet without being asked.

Louis van Gaal is one of the most successful managers in the world.

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.

In this age, I don’t care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are: if you cannot create harmony – even vicious harmony – on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

Even if you’re happy with the life you’ve chosen, you’re still curious about the other options.

The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people – their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it’s egotism.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Put your leaders in stressful scenarios. Make them figure out solutions under pressure. See if you can make them frustrated, angry, and flustered, and then demand decisive leadership from them. They will be challenged at first, but they will get better over time.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

I’m a mentor to anybody who’s interested.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.

As is the case with most people in this game, I am driven by financial motives and creative motives; the question I had to answer is which motive I will give priority to?

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn’t.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.