Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

I have goals.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

As far as I’m concerned, I’m a writer who’s writing books, and therefore, I don’t want to die. You’d miss the end of the book wouldn’t you? You can’t die with an unfinished book.

The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

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.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I’m sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don’t even know when you’re being compromised till after the fact, and that’s what you regret.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment… If it doesn’t turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

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.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

I’m the only president you’ve got.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

If you tell me there’s something I can’t do, I’ll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.

Leadership is hard. It’s a skill. It’s a technique.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I’m loving to do. And if that doesn’t happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I’ll have my high heels on.

It doesn’t matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

How can we help President Obama?

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Don’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

I can do whatever I want.

Never regret what you don’t write.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, ‚I really like your tie.‘

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.