It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

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

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.