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

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.