Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

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

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.