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

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters – two beautiful, intelligent black young women – playing with their dogs on the White House lawn. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

I’m very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

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.

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.

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don’t think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

There is no substitute for victory.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

If you want to thrive in today’s economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.

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.

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it’s just such a dramatic success.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

I’m a slow worker; I’m, I think, a steady worker.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

HartBeat Productions is a company established by me; it’s mine. I run it. I have employees.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

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

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

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.