The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.