If an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, ‚Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!‘

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

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

My father used to have an expression. He’d say, ‚Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about your place in your community.‘

True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

One must steer, not talk.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

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.

My goal was never to make Facebook cool. I am not a cool person.

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.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn’t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that’s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to do.

I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I’m here.

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

I don’t believe in killing whatever the reason!

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

A President cannot always be popular.

When you stand for something, you’ve got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

I believe that many of my young guys lived because I didn’t waste their lives because I didn’t have the vision in my mind of how to destroy the enemy at least cost to our guys and to the innocents on the battlefields.

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.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the ‚leaders‘ must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

There’s just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we’ve all heard about before.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

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

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren’t many people who can be put in high positions who won’t start thinking highly of themselves.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Even if the politics needed doesn’t exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in power are focused on the right things. Because this is a democracy, and in a democracy, people are the ones who run the country.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

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

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

No man was ever great by imitation.

It sure is hell to be president.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

We can’t just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don’t want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.

Every President wants to do right.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!