A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

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

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.