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?'

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

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.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

When weblame, we give away our power.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.