Able Quote by Michel de Montaigne

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

— Michel de Montaigne

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

— Francois Rabelais

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them.

— Cormac McCarthy

I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.

— Prince Philip

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

— Antonis Samaras

I'll demand of myself and my own government what, in the past, I insisted of others.

— Leo Varadkar

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Each day look into your conscience and amend your faults; if you fail in this duty you will be untrue to the Knowledge and…

— Khalil Gibran

I will listen and I will learn. I will strive to meet people's aspirations. I want to lead a government humble enough to know…

— Gordon Brown

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

— Thomas Jefferson

I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country.

— Zachary Taylor

Inevitably in my career of 35 years, I was in one turnaround circumstance after another, and I was personally put in positions of significant…

— Kevin Allen