The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.

Once I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

If you’re entering anything where there’s an existing marketplace, against large, entrenched competitors, then your product or service needs to be much better than theirs. It can’t be a little bit better, because then you put yourself in the shoes of the consumer… you’re always going to buy the trusted brand unless there’s a big difference.

Example is leadership.

I’ve turned down shows offering large amounts of money.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

Locally, I’ll vote one way and nationally, maybe another.

We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, yes, a president can hire the best advisors on Earth, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president – and the president alone – who always makes the final call.

I have no delusions about my likability in every scenario. I know that in order to get things done the way you want them, oftentimes your position will be unpopular.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation – and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

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

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

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

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Never get married in college; it’s hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you’ve already made one mistake.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

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 think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

It’s tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.

People who think too much before they act don’t act too much.

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 always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations… They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

It is always your next move.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

I don’t have any regrets. I made all my own decisions.

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don’t find out til too late that he’s been playing with two queens all along.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues – of my comrades in the movement – who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

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

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

Political courage is not political suicide.

I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.