I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

To lead people walk behind them.

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.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

I don’t think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.

What matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of potential force.

Especially when you’re at a high level in an organization, criticism can be devastating to an employee. I prefer to praise employees for what they’re doing right, and it tends to lead to them doing more of the same. Not always, but it’s the way I choose to bet.

There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical and mental performance. Such food, moreover, taxes our digestive organs decidedly less, and, in making us more contented and sociable, produces an amount of good difficult to estimate.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason – to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

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

My game is really played above time. I don’t say that like I’m saying I’m ahead of my time. I’m saying, like, if I’m on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I’ve thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that’s the right place to go to.

For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Now from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

‚My country, right or wrong‘ is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‚My mother, drunk or sober.‘

As long as I stay in training and play well, I don’t see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.

If you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.

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.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

And frankly, I don’t understand – I mean, I’m obviously a card-carrying Democrat – but I can’t understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

You think I’m going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

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

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

This is Sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow?

And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

A conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

If you’re a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

I sang a song at my sister’s wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.

Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.

I’m not really an actor, I’m a reactor; I’m a pitchman. That’s what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

We have the resources to build room for a trillion humans in this solar system, and when we have a trillion humans, we’ll have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts. It will be a way more interesting place to live.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming.

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

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

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.