Malice drinketh its own poison.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.