The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

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

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.