If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Nostrength within, no respect without.