Henry A. Kissinger Quotes

A great man’s actions are determined, if not foreordained, by his character.

God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

I feel like God puts things in our lives to help prepare us for the future.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Man thinks, God directs.

Every time I make a plan, God laughs at me.

I don't really have control over my path - only the Lord does - but I do have control over my decisions.

I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.

The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.

As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.

The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.