If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to