Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

You know nothing about my grief", said Anastasia. " So speak nothing of it.

Everybody is talking about the Law of Attraction. Nobody is talking about the Law of Action.

Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you're Royalty.

Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have.

In the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons.

People can forgive each other.

The job of the president of the United States is not to love his wife; it's to manage a wide range of complicated issues.

While strength and years permit, endure labor; soon bent old age will come with silent foot. [Lat., Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores. Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede.]

An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.