It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it’s a good place that we’re all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

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

I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

Have you not noticed that love is silence? It may be while holding the hand of another, or looking lovingly at a child, or taking in the beauty of an evening. Love has no past or future, and so it is with this extraordinary state of silence.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.

I’d like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don’t have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

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’ve had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O’Connor told me, ‚Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you’ll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.‘

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

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

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.

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.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

I have much more support than most women around this world, and I have the financial means to have a home and help with care and food.

Here in America, we don’t let our differences tear us apart. Not here. Because we know that our greatness comes from when we appreciate each other’s strengths, when we learn from each other, when we lean on each other, because in this country, it’s never been each person for themselves. No, we’re all in this together. We always have been.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.

I love life because what more is there?

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you’re held responsible for everything, but you don’t always have control of everything, right?

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.

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

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

The ideas associated with the problems of the development of science, as far as I can see by looking around me, are not of the kind that everyone appreciates.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I’ve met with, and I’ve met them all: It’s never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

There are people who want to make men’s lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don’t usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty… it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

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

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

You can sometimes play some really good football and not score.

The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people – their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself.

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.