Power does not

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

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Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.
Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.
No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.
Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.
Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.
Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.
Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.
Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.
Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.