Self-trust is the first secret of success.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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

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

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.