Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

No strength within, no respect without.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

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