The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

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.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.