If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.