Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.