I can move any crowd.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

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.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer’s avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

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.

All of us are mentors. You’re mentors right here and now. And one of the things I’ve always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

I write all my sermons.

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.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I just didn’t want to get out there anymore; I didn’t want to get back into what I call ‚the swamp.‘ And the other reason why is I don’t think it’s good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama’s got plenty of critics – and I’m just not gonna be one.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

I’m a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

Accept everything about yourself – I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end – no apologies, no regrets.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

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

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

I just don’t feel like I have to explain myself.

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

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

I felt like, for so many years – and I still even feel it – as a girl, you can’t really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.

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

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But 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.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

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

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.

Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.

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.

When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it’s Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

The story being told in ‚Star Wars‘ is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you’re in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they’re actually not.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as ‚us‘ and ‚them‘ – he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above… he knows that we all love our country… and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas… he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.