Max Weber Quotes

I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can't do it, I will achieve it.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

Thanks to God that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right.

You have to have a sense of ego and of purpose to go into politics.

My stubbornness helped me for the first half of my career; I had that real determination to do it my way - I know the best way. That helped me from a 14-year-old to 25 in getting me to where I got to.

Never give up. People will always discount you, and you'll always get rejected. But set your sights high. Be boldly ambitious. Be relentless and never give up.

The thing that I think was very brave of my younger self was that he decided he would be an idiot. Just persevere. That feels brave to me: deciding that I'm going to damn well be this person that I've set my heart on being.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.

There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.

I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't do something, if I know I can't do it I'm the first to raise my hand and say, 'I can't do that.' But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, 'Really? Really? You think I - yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.'

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

I've always suggested if you can't stand the sight of your own blood, don't run for office.

Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.

I am not better or cleverer than anyone of you. But I remain undaunted, and that is why the leadership belongs to me. In darker moments than the present I did not lose courage—indeed I made still greater sacrifices.

Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to become President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Men in political life must be ambitious.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.