Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.