Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.