It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

I’m a human being. I’ve got opinions, I’m not always right, I’m not always on time, I don’t always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure.

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know you.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Real life is the life that’s in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you’re in relationship with.

I’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Power does not change you, it unmasks you.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

We are the most amazing creatures that this world has ever produced, but we seem to also have this herd mentality; we seem to be the most stupid, also.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

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.

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

I would counsel people to go to college, because it’s one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one’s own desires through which one listens.

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

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

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

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

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

I don’t think I’m tangible to myself.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

If you only believe that you’re an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

You should never give up your inner self.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

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

Growing up I didn’t watch movies.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

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.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

It’s not about charisma and personality, it’s about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry.