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

Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.

It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn’t reaping the lion’s share of the profits, and that was problematic for me.

The way people look at me these days – that’s the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who’ve attained a certain position are human.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

A good leader doesn’t get stuck behind a desk.

Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

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

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it’s not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.

I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

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.

I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the ’60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

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

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer… in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

I don’t think consensus-building politics is what I’m meant to be doing.

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.

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.

Sisters, do you realize the breadth and scope of your influence when you speak those things that come to your heart and mind as directed by the Spirit?

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn’t come alive until the leader models it.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone’s life.

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.

We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.

I’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

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

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

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

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.