Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.