Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Power comes from sincere service

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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.