Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
Jesus ChristThose 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.
Benjamin FranklinIf I don’t run for president, we’ll all be OK.
Joe BidenI want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago that we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.
Michelle ObamaSince it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
Niccolo MachiavelliWe herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
George S. PattonI began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
Fidel CastroIf we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him.
George CarlinHe who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
AristotleGood leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
John D. RockefellerI’ve seen how the issues that come across a president’s desk are always the hard ones – the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.
Michelle ObamaTo give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Mahatma GandhiThe time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country.
Thomas SowellLeaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.
John C. MaxwellUneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
William ShakespeareThe 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.
ConfuciusI am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
Napoleon BonaparteLeadership is hard. It’s a skill. It’s a technique.
Jocko WillinkA business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Henry FordA revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Napoleon BonaparteWhen the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
Lyndon B. JohnsonIf you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.
Noam ChomskyListen, I think that people want a president who is going to be interested in the things that keep them up at night, the things that are weighing on them, the things that are debilitating and can be addressed.
Kamala HarrisI will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.
George H. W. BushI 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.
George W. BushBack 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.
David GogginsSelf-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.
John C. MaxwellThose who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
Hermann HesseExperience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas JeffersonThe nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Edgar Allan PoeIt’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.
Tom BradyI played by the rules of politics as I found them.
Richard M. NixonA word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
John C. MaxwellThere’s love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we’re alone in our heads.
Paul AusterLouis van Gaal is one of the most successful managers in the world.
Jurgen KloppRhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore RooseveltBefore we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThis is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.
Friedrich NietzscheYou know, you can only lead them from behind.
Nelson MandelaWe 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.
Michelle ObamaWe must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.
Herbert HooverAlways make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.
Robert GreeneI 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.
Maya AngelouHere in the West, people often don’t like listening to their leaders, even if they are right.
Elon MuskI have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.
Michelle ObamaKindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Samuel JohnsonA President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. TrumanGenerosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
Khalil GibranArafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.
Joe BidenNo other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.
Barack ObamaWhen 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.
Joyce MeyerTrue terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Kurt VonnegutI must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Benjamin DisraeliA director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, ‚If you don’t know how to make the right decision, you’re not a director.‘
George LucasWise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
DiogenesNo man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Andrew CarnegieI think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn’t re-elected.
Jimmy CarterWhen things haven’t gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.
Richard M. NixonThe great thieves lead away the little thief.
Diogenes