Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

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.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

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.

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the ‚leaders‘ must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be.

One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I’m sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don’t even know when you’re being compromised till after the fact, and that’s what you regret.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

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.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

I can move any crowd.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

When things haven’t gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

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

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

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.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

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.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

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.

Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.

Sisters, do you realize the breadth and scope of your influence when you speak those things that come to your heart and mind as directed by the Spirit?

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.

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

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.

General consultant to mankind.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

I believe in that old adage that ‚as goes California, so goes the country.‘

The army teaches boys to think like men.

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

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.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

Men are what their mothers made them.

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

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.