As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

It’s a question of whether we’re going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

My company survives because I’ve learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.

I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

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.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don’t have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

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.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people’s trust in their government.

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

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

I always wanted to do things right and represent myself as somebody that took the art serious and someone that took the business serious also, so I had time to weigh the options and figure it out and do my best to create the situation that was ideal.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

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.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We’ll adapt, we’ll train, we’ll advise, we’ll mentor, and we’ll fight, and we’ll fight well.

To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

I have learned to interface – what I think would be the contemporary term – with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

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.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

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.

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.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

Don’t wait for the last judgment – it takes place every day.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

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

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

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?‘

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

I only change things where I know about a situation. I’d never change just for change.

Be the chief but never the lord.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.