It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.