I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

People should not make me out to be like Jesus; I don’t walk on water.

Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that’s real peace of mind. I don’t have to worry about that when I’m walking around in the world.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t know you think.

I’m not perfect.

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.

Steve Jobs‘ ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

I’ve always been really, really aware of my insecurities – really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

I don’t think I get angry.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Anybody who tells you that a two-day conference, you’re going to turn into the General Patton of leadership, they’re not telling you the truth. But you can learn the fundamentals; you can absolutely understand the fundamentals.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

It doesn’t take much to make me angry.

When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity – what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

The issues that cross a president’s desk are never easy. The easy questions don’t even get to the president.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it’s not about me.

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

Say not, ‚I have found the truth,‘ but rather, ‚I have found a truth.‘

My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

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.

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

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.

Without a tutor to help me in the study of Marxism-Leninism, I was no more than a theorist and, of course, had total confidence in the Soviet Union.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

I think I have always had a little humor.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

I’m never nervous.

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

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.