It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn’t think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

I don’t want to hear the word ‚can’t.‘

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

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

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

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.

People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

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

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

How can we help President Obama?

Being president isn’t anything like reality TV. It’s not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it’s about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.

Arafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.

Having the support from everyone, the bosses, whoever within the team, definitely makes it much easier for me as a driver.

Yes, I’m still going to misbehave!

I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

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.

Leadership is influence.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

It’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

Some day I shall be President.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I’d rather just try and focus on what I’m doing, try and win basically.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other people – and to hate those other people.

Leadership is hard. It’s a skill. It’s a technique.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can’t lose.