We cannot all be

We cannot all be
We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.
  

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Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.
My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.
A man's ruin lies in his tongue.
Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.