Bill Ayers Quotes

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

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.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

I could have coached better.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

I really try my best to be the person I want other people to be.

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

I lay back and see how I can do things the right way.

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

I think the biggest thing with me is that I just pride myself on being the best human being I can be.

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.

By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.

I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.