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

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

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

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.