When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

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

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.