Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

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.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Better hazard than always be in fear.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

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

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.