The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

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.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

It is unnecessary to say that Fidel Castro possesses the high qualities of a fighter and statesman: our path, our struggle, and our triumph we owed to his vision.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

Actors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.

In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

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

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.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

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

If you want to reach the top, don’t run over others. Likely, the only way you’ll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

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.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

A lot of times, you could play me just the laughs from my set, and I could tell you, from the laugh, what the joke was. Because they match.

I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement.

I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone – and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

I like the good life too much, I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.

I can’t say this enough – the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you’re stronger, you think more quickly.

When you want a thing done, ‚Don’t do it yourself‘ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

Is science of any value? I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.

I always said that I wouldn’t use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I’ll hang it up.

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

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.

You’re president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those were the questions that were being pounded on me through the campaign. A lot of times, I wondered what in the world Barack was even getting us into.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you’re decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

Stand-up is my baby.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage… You start to think that you’re Tom Jones.

I’ve got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I’ve done it.

In business, if you realize you’ve made a bad decision, you change it.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

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.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

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

Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day.

The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

If I can be a leader, I will.

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.