Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

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

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived