By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

To beprepared is half the victory.