The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.