The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

To be preparedis half the victory.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.