It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

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

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

We all have done something unethical.

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

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you’re in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life – you write about the mindset you’re in at that moment.

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

I think I have always had a little humor.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

I’m giving all that I have in this life. I’m opening up my notebook, and I’m saying everything in there out loud.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I don’t have all the answers.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

Live truth instead of professing it.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

My message isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

It is unnecessary to say that Fidel Castro possesses the high qualities of a fighter and statesman: our path, our struggle, and our triumph we owed to his vision.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

From my close observation of writers… they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.

All through my writing life, I’ve had this impulse to write autobiographical works.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.

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

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

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 my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I’m glad I lived out both roles.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

The Army will take its lessons learned. They’re excellent at looking into themselves and reflecting on what did we do right, what did we do wrong.

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

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

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

Due process should matter.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.