Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues – of my comrades in the movement – who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

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.

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.

I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

When in doubt, don’t.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

It’s amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you’re listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

International summits and organisations like WTO take decisions, which will bind us, and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

I can’t deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first.

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

There’s a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

I don’t write policy for my government.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

I don’t think consensus-building politics is what I’m meant to be doing.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

Being flooded with information doesn’t mean we have the right information or that we’re in touch with the right people.

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.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

I’ve got a terrible memory; it’s probably because I’m always concentrating on what I’m doing now.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

If I can be a leader, I will.

Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

‚Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

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

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.

I don’t believe in signing anything and everything that comes my way. I leave it to my agency to help narrow them down for me, but I do research it myself before signing. The image of the brand and its ambassadors go hand in hand.

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

You are doomed to make choices. This is life’s greatest paradox.

I’ve been a mogul and executive since the beginning of my career. People are just born with that skill.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.