Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.