Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.