Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

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

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Step after step the ladder is ascended