In my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

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

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

I loved being Secretary of State, that’s probably evident to everyone who watched me.

I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.

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

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

Be the chief but never the lord.

You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.

I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven’t seen. So it is a shocking experience to them that he came in to office.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.

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

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

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.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

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.

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.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.

Anybody who tells you that a two-day conference, you’re going to turn into the General Patton of leadership, they’re not telling you the truth. But you can learn the fundamentals; you can absolutely understand the fundamentals.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

People and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you’re advancing. If you don’t you’re as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn’t there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.

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

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

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.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

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

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.

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

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.