Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

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

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.