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.

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

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

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

From the time that ‚Nevermind‘ came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.

I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn’t been the case for teaching.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

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

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

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

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

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

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.

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.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying ‚we support you‘ and then walking away. We won’t be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That’s why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn’t enough. That’s why we have to keep striking.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Believe me, I’m much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Don’t compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

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.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

I’m bad at picking heroes.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It’s always sexy, and it’s always with the same result: making women look fantastic.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn’t try and be copying men and be masculine; they should anchor on the home and build on those fundamentals.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.