The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

Everything good is costly and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.

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

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right...for a nation that is afraid to let its people to judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success, but for cultivating the success of the next generation.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you—religion, pride, anything—it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.