Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.