Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.