Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.