Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

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

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

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

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.