You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.