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.

I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I’m a human being, too. And I’m on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.

Now from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!

I don’t really plan. I’m almost intuitive about things.

When in doubt tell the truth.

If you’re looking for the safe choice, you shouldn’t be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

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

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

I felt like, for so many years – and I still even feel it – as a girl, you can’t really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don’t think the press has understood me.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.

There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

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

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

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?

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!

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.

I’m the only president you’ve got.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

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.

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.

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.

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

I’m asking myself, ‚What do my girls, what do all our children deserve in their president? What kind of a president do we want for them?‘ Well, to start with, I think we want someone who is a unifying force in this country: someone who sees our differences not as a threat, but as a blessing.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn’t want them either, so it worked out well.

For me, it’s enough that I have the first and last word.

If I think too hard about a relationship, I’ll talk myself out of it.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

I’m for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.

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.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.