The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

As a final incentive before giving up a

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.