A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

I’ve married somebody who I knew for 14 years. So, I’m just living with a friend. All through my ups and downs in football, from winning the I-League to losing the ISL final, she has been a source of great support.

If I’m going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can’t just order you to do it.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

Freedom lies in being bold.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

I’m gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.

I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.

Chavez, who came out of the ranks of the Venezuelan Army, is methodical and tireless. I have observed him over the course of 17 years, since his first visit to Cuba. He is an extremely humanitarian and law-abiding person; he has never taken revenge on anybody.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

When you want a thing done, ‚Don’t do it yourself‘ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

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

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

I was an overnight sensation.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

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

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

I’d like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don’t have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

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

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there’s no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.

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.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.