Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

The comforter's head never aches.