If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

I don’t envy or much respect people who are completely politicised.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

I have such respect for ‚Democracy Now!‘

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

There’s a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.

I’ve always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, ‚Hi,‘ that the people ought to get their money’s worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head.

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.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

I’ve seen my friends take someone back after they’ve cheated because they fit perfectly.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

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.

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

The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ’s name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.

If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there’s layer after layer of management – a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

If you don’t trust the pilot, don’t go.

Our vision and commitment is towards the country’s progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

People’s blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment.

The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you’re making a mistake but let you go on with it, that’s when it ruins your mind state as an artist.

A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

Except for the title ‚father,‘ there is no title, including ‚vice president,‘ that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don’t think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He’s there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he’ll rip your face off.

I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone – and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn’t. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

There’s no point in saying anything but the truth.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

There is no such thing as a lovers‘ oath.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

‚Bellyache‘ is totally fictional. I like writing about things that aren’t real. The song is about not trusting anyone and then putting trust in yourself and realizing that you don’t know what you are doing, either. Or realizing that things you do with a group of people that you think are cool in the moment are ultimately all on you.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, ‚I’m not interested,‘ or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

He 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.

I 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.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

History has proven that each generation of Howard graduates will forge the way forward for our country and our world.