Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.