When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women and older women.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

To be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into ‚Starboy‘ is an honor.

The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

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.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we’re from or what we look like or who we love.

What is once well done is done forever.

With tech companies, whoever’s the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, ‚Is this the end of them?‘ And – there’s more – more times people think that’s the case than it really is the case.

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

I have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.

Choose people who lift you up.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around.

I just think overall there’s not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

The colonel replied that he didn’t care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

It sure is hell to be president.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of – I wouldn’t call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.