Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

International summits and organisations like WTO take decisions, which will bind us, and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.

When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously.

There are some women I definitely would not want to succeed me… but a man like David Souter, that would be great.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you’re making a mistake but let you go on with it, that’s when it ruins your mind state as an artist.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

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.

I think style is being so comfortable and confident in what you’re wearing. That’s what style is, ‚cause everybody’s got different style.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You’re trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren’t very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.

It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

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

You do the policy, I’ll do the politics.

Writing is like anything else – the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less concerned you’ll be about what’s going to happen to it, where it’s going, what it sounds like, whether it’s right.

I’ve been a mogul and executive since the beginning of my career. People are just born with that skill.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that’s what I want.

I just think you ought to talk straight with your people.

Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me.

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

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I’ve met with, and I’ve met them all: It’s never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, yes, a president can hire the best advisors on Earth, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president – and the president alone – who always makes the final call.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

People and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

I have too many clothes, I have too many options.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren’t always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice.

We need a president who will choose to do what’s best for the country, even when it doesn’t personally benefit them.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

My biographers… would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided… to flip the order.

As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don’t usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.