Leadership is a choice, not a position.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

We’re not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

I give opinions, not advice.

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

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

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

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

It sure is hell to be president.

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.

I don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Sin, also for those who don’t have faith, exists when one goes against one’s conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

I’m more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It’s just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.

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.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

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.

As social animals we humans are very sensitive to our rank and position within any group. We can measure our status by the attention and respect we receive.

The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around, especially as President.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

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.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

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.

I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

We also can’t try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That’s not leadership; that’s a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It’s the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq – and we should have learned it by now.

A President cannot always be popular.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

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.

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That’s not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That’s not leadership. That’s abandoning our middle class.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

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?

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

What charitable 1 percenters can’t do is assume responsibility – America’s national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.