The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.