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

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.