All leaders in the Lord’s Church are called by proper authority. No prophet or any other leader in this Church, for that matter, has ever called himself or herself. No prophet has ever been elected.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

I’ve had some ‚riotous excursions of the human spirit‘ alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it’s time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way – they earned their stripes in combat.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

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.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

A good leader doesn’t get stuck behind a desk.

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.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe.

I can move any crowd.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

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.

Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

It’d be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren’t kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I’m not a baby sitter.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That’s how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

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.

One must steer, not talk.

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

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

My mom is very religious – Catholic – and from a young age they brought me to the church.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn’t.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

It sure is hell to be president.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

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.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

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.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone – and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

Listen, I think that people want a president who is going to be interested in the things that keep them up at night, the things that are weighing on them, the things that are debilitating and can be addressed.

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

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.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

History has proven that each generation of Howard graduates will forge the way forward for our country and our world.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.