The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

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.

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…

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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?'