A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

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

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn’t for you. It’s for the Presidency.

Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.

I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

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

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.

We also can’t try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That’s not leadership; that’s a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It’s the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq – and we should have learned it by now.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

When the players go home, I can’t tell them what to do, so you need to create an atmosphere of trust. I don’t want to think, ‚What are they doing now? Do I need to call them?‘

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

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.

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

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

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other people – and to hate those other people.

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.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

Political courage is not political suicide.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated. If you’re a girl with an opinion, people just hate you. There are still people who are afraid of successful women, and that’s so lame.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

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.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

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.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

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.

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

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

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

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

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.

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

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

My job is to play quarterback, and I’m going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, ‚If you don’t know how to make the right decision, you’re not a director.‘

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.