By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history