Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.