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.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

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

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.