Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

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.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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...

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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