Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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...