“Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“We have to forget the past. History is something that even today we are paying the consequences, and the future is integration. We all as a people, as citizens, as the leadership of both countries should be looking in that direction.”

“Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.”

“Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.”

“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”

“The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.”

“I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.”

“You have to think anyway, so why not think big?”