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

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

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

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

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.