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

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

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.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.