I haven’t written my own epitaph, and I’m not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.
Billy GrahamA 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.
C. S. LewisI learned from my dog long before I went to Gombe that we weren’t the only beings with personalities. What the chimps did was help me to persuade others.
Jane GoodallCourage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy GrahamFailure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
Jim RohnThe 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.
George LucasIf you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
Ruth Bader GinsburgTo all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.
LeBron JamesHe who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
ConfuciusWilliam Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
Benjamin DisraeliA President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt.
Barack ObamaRhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore RooseveltI desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.
Charles SpurgeonI loved being Secretary of State, that’s probably evident to everyone who watched me.
Madeleine AlbrightIs pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Alexander PopeKnowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Albert EinsteinAnyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Douglas AdamsRemember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.
Robert GreeneWe all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
Bill GatesWhat humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.
Maya AngelouI would fain grow old learning many things.
PlatoAre 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.
Khalil GibranHere’s what I’ve learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal.
Taylor SwiftOur country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.
John KennedyThe events of October 1962 are widely hailed as Kennedy’s finest hour.
Noam ChomskyWhen the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
Edmund BurkeI’m trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.
Dolly PartonWhen it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously.
Michelle ObamaThere was my name up in lights. I said, ‚God, somebody’s made a mistake.‘ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‚Remember, you’re not a star.‘ Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn MonroeThat men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
Aldous HuxleyI don’t want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He’s a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.
Jimmy CarterOn the RFactor model that comes with the ‚Pro-Sim,‘ everything is balanced and measured. If you go up on the rear ride height, for example, it changes the airflow and the downforce of the car. You learn by trying different things, which gives you a better idea when you’re on a race weekend.
Lando NorrisWhen the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘
Lao TzuDon’t just eat McDonald’s, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That’s what fashion is. It’s something that is a bit better.
Vivienne WestwoodI know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SocratesSome day I shall be President.
Abraham LincolnI have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Wayne DyerBlessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
George EliotI am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
Lady GagaIf you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePeople need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.
Jim CarreyWise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
DiogenesSubstitute ‚damn‘ every time you’re inclined to write ‚very‘; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Mark TwainIt’s not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it’s the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
Virginia WoolfFrom their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
Aldous HuxleyDivide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLeadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt’s time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it’s different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment.
Henry KissingerI don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.
Jim CarreyAs President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
Golda MeirEverything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it.
Wayne DyerAs I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew CarnegiePeople who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
Stephen HawkingProgress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard ShawWhat we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard ShawThere are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will RogersThe more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinOf course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.
Clint EastwoodWe must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.
Herbert HooverOn the court, I want to try and get to the free-throw line a little more. And as a point guard, you can always get better at your decision-making and limiting your mistakes.
Stephen Curry