Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn.

Reading is solitude.

Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.

Never yet was a nation born that did not begin in the spirit, pass to the heart and the mind, and then take an outer form in the world of men.

I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.

My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.

There's a blush for won't, and a blush for shan't, and a blush for having done it: There's a blush for thought and a blush for naught, and a blush for just begun it.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century.

There is a reason God limits man's days.

People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.