Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.