Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.