You made your bed, now lie in it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.