Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.