In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

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