A Leader is a dealer in hope.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical