We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

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.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.