A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.