I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated.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

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters – two beautiful, intelligent black young women – playing with their dogs on the White House lawn. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.

President Obama seems completely unaware of how many of the policies he is trying to impose have been tried before, in many times and places around the world, and have failed time and again.

It’d be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren’t kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I’m not a baby sitter.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

I know it’s going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we’re in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

Leadership is hard. It’s a skill. It’s a technique.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

I think I’d be a better president because I was in combat.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There’s the teaching that we’re supposed to be poor to show that we’re humble. I don’t buy that. I think we’re supposed to be leaders. We’re supposed to excel.

I’m not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it’s a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don’t believe that’s the way one oughta campaign, I’ve never done that.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Be the chief but never the lord.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

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.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

If I don’t run for president, we’ll all be OK.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

To some degree it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

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.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

If I can be a leader, I will.

Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

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

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

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

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as ‚us‘ and ‚them‘ – he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above… he knows that we all love our country… and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas… he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him.