Leadership

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.

The Historians were gossips. They said over and over that all the educated were deep in debt.

It is time that we had our own images.

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

The more you can get emotional consistency by moving away from excessive top-down control and dominance, the more people flourish.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

The face commands without ordering.

Lead me, Zeus, and you too, Destiny. Wherever I go, I will follow unwaveringly.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

History is written by the victors.

I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

The job is not to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

Don’t let other people tell your story. Don’t let other people decide what you can and can’t do.

I like strong female characters. I think I'd like to play some kind of a superhero at some point in a big feature film.

Empires inevitably grow to the point it is no longer manageable due to corrupt leadership and military spending.

In the beginning of the dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments.

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.