We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Takecare, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you willforever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make adifference, if you choose to do so.

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…

Power comes from sincere service