A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

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...

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.