Whenever our neighbour’s house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty… it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

I’m not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information. When we have this, we will decide to sign or sell a player.

My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each others‘ negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts.

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?

Our nation must come together to unite.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don’t know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?

A conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember – there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.

Still and all, why bother? Here’s my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

Nobody’s indispensable.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

It’s very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

People don’t realise how difficult it is to work with people day in and day out that know absolutely nothing.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!

If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful.

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

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.

I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

We named the book ‚Extreme Ownership‘ because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it’s definitely an attitude that I had.

When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It’s just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

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.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That’s when I knew I had some athletic ability.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

I’m just blessed, man, to be able to represent solidarity with the small schools I went to.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

Information helps you to see that you’re not alone. That there’s somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who’ve all longed and lost, who’ve all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you’re not really any different from everyone else.

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.