Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.