You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.