Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

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

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.