Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

No strength within, no respect without.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.