To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

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

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

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.