Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.