He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.