He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

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

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

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...

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.