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He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful. It really depends on the young man's desire, commitment, work habits, and how important it is to him when he returns.

He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.

High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

High expectations are the key to everything.

High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization.

High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.

High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

History is full, down to this day, of the imbecility of kings and governors. They are a class of persons much to be pitied, for they know not what they should do.

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.

Hope is optimism plus a belief there is a path out of your adversity.

House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?

How can we help my kids step into the shoes of another child?

How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues, be tempted to lose focus? Especially since the work involves such breadth that the boredom of routine or specialization does not exist.

How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life – and a commitment to action. Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: ‘What's good in my life?’ and ‘What needs to be done?

How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.

How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What.

Humility is always one play away.

Human speculation is no match for divine revelation.

Human beings are natural mimickers. The more youre conscious of the other sides posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate youll be at taking their perspective.

Humans are ambitious and rational and proud. And we don't fall in line with people who don't respect us and who we don't believe have our best interests at heart. We are willing to follow leaders, but only to the extent that we believe they call on our best, not our worst.

I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient.

I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.

I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy, seem to come with the package. On the other hand, you learn some leadership skills, like self-confidence, at your mother's knee, and at school, in academics and sports. And you learn others at work-trying something, getting it wrong and learning from it, or getting it right and gaining the self-confidence to do it again, only better.

I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.

I am my own woman…and was, long before I became Prime Minister. Attending to my family’s needs only made me stronger as a leader because if you know how to run a home and ensure each person’s particular need is met, it’s the best leadership training you can have.

I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.

I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership. The specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away.

I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive.

I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.

I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.

I am most proud about the science I've done with my own two hands because I have always thought that even if your life path takes you into a leadership position outside the area you were known for, your legitimacy remains in that first field.

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

I believe every woman should have the right to live in a home free of deadly weapons.

I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.