You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

No strength within, no respect without.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.