There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

As is the case with most people in this game, I am driven by financial motives and creative motives; the question I had to answer is which motive I will give priority to?

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

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.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

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

It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

If I have the chance to say something, I will say it – but that doesn’t obligate me to always say something, or to shed light on every problem, as if I were a lawmaker.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

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

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.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

The way people look at me these days – that’s the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who’ve attained a certain position are human.

Politically, the world is so confused right now – there’s so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

I told y’all I didn’t vote, right? But if I would’ve voted, I would’ve voted for Trump.

In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

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

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.

I can easily imagine Obama sitting down and talking to any leader – or any person – in the world, with no baggage of past servitude or race supremacy to mar their talks.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

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

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‚What’s in it for me?‘

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it’s a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

I had just as much support from Republicans as I did Democrats when I ran for president. But I should have organized the Democratic Party to get me re-elected.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.