This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

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

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.