Paul Ryan Quotes

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

[President] McKinley gave [Lt. Andrew Sommers] Rowan a letter to be delivered to [General Calixto] Garcia: Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the eternal, there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college in the land. It is not book learning that young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do the thing—"carry a message to Garcia.

If I'm going to do something, I might as well go for it.

We've got to stop pandering and start leading.

I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.

Leaders always step up, regardless of the circumstances.

You've gotta go for it, and go for it with gusto.

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

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.

I had learned from LBJ that courage is as important as tenacity if you are to get anything done in government.

[In politics:] He who dallies is a dastard; he who doubts is damned.

Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it.

I always put myself out there. I'm not afraid to commit to something.

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.

I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility.

We need to come out and assert ourselves on both sides of the court.

It's never the plan to be tentative.

I promise I will get up every day, determined to make a difference... I am ready to serve.

I need to be the leader day in and day out - and I will be.

I ask myself in every game to be the one to take responsibility.

There is a place in the world for anyone in the world who says, "I'll take care of it."

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Leaders grasp nettles.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.