Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

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

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

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

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.