Many kings do not rule the same country at the same time.

Only 3 things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and under performance. Everything else requires leadership.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?

I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.