Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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

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.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

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.

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

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.