Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.