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.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‚people.‘ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war… Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women and older women.

I just know what is right and I want to do what is right.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

If I’d had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

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.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can’t run a state.

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

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

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

I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

If you judge, investigate.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

You’ve all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character – one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

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

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.

The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you’re wrinkled.

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.

It’s not easy being young. It’s hard to know what to do.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn’t the right one.

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 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.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

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.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

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.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny.

I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn’t mean I won’t run.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

When you’re 40, you can’t ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

My parents had us in church every Sunday, every Wednesday. It was more of a tradition at that point; I didn’t have a personal relationship with the Lord until I went to the altar call one Sunday, and the youth pastor told us to make a decision for ourselves.

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