We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.