A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.