A gem is not

A gem is not
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
  

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People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.
Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.
Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
The property of power is to protect.
Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.
If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
Better ask ten times than go astray once.
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
Thereare two sides to every question.