Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

You can't unscramble an egg.

To beprepared is half the victory.

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

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.