Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

I’ve accomplished enough with the music that I haven’t had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

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

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 believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

I don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Of course, ‚I Will Always Love You‘ is the biggest song so far in my career. I’m famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That’s the difference.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

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

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don’t know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.