When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.

If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

One must steer, not talk.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

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.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I’m getting a little older. I see now that I’m taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

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.

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

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.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

If I can be a leader, I will.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

How can we help President Obama?

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you’re covered and there’s not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

When you’re not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it’s important for the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

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.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren’t many people who can be put in high positions who won’t start thinking highly of themselves.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

I can’t deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first.

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

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

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

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.

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.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.