The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

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.

Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it – not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn’t lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn’t a question of their ability – it was a question of their ability to listen.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

It’s time to stop thinking of the Republican Party as an exclusive club where your ideological card is checked at the door, and start thinking about how we can attract more solution-based leaders like Nathan Fletcher and Anthony Adams.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings.

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

Algorithms diminish public safety in this country. They ask us to pretend that lengthy arrest records and violent crimes don’t matter. They ask police to scoop up the bad guys only for the courts to immediately release them. They turn us into a bad joke.

Abortion is clearly wrong.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they’re transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Power over a man’s subsistence is power over his will.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

I think I’d be a better president because I was in combat.

I mean Facebook is no longer a company, it’s a country. 2 billion users. It can influence what we think, what we believe, how we vote, what we buy, even how we feel.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

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

For ideas to prevail, many of their defenders have to die in obscurity. Their anonymous influence makes itself felt.

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.

I can’t very well be teaching one way and living my life another way. What I do in life must be consistent with the things I say. And the same goes for you.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.

If you’re a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

You know you’re not anonymous on our site. We’re greeting you by name, showing you past purchases, to the degree that you can arrange to have transparency combined with an explanation of what the consumer benefit is.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

When in doubt tell the truth.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

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.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers‘ money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

It sure is hell to be president.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

The influence of ‚Hidden Fortress‘ comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it’s told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.

Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.