I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

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.

The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

In testing, you make a mistake, you just say ‚OK we’ll have another go‘ instead of it being the only chance you get.

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

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.

The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

I’m skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

Global energy security is a vital part of America’s national security.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

America is not just a country, it’s an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.

Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn’t want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

It sure is hell to be president.

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

I know the blessing of having a dad who played 16 years in the league. That experience, and seeing him as an example, let me know that it’s possible. It’s not easy, but it’s possible.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn’t set out to build a business empire… For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that’s going to make a real difference to other people’s lives.

Today we say that the law of relativity is supposed to be true at all energies, but someday somebody may come along and say how stupid we were.

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

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you’d experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree’s fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down – bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.

Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can’t move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you’re held responsible for everything, but you don’t always have control of everything, right?

I’m more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It’s just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don’t usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.