Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.