Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

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

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.