Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

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

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

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.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.