The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

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

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

Now I've gone for too longLiving like I'm not aliveSo I'm going to start over tonightBeginning with you and I

We don't receive wisdom

You see, evil men, the likes of whom have sought to enslave their fellow man since the dawn of creation, took America not by might or strength of arms, but by deception and guile.

The habit of happiness is achieved through the attitude of gratitude.

Letters, like compilation tapes, were really vehicles for unexpressed emotions and she was clearly putting far too much time and energy into them.

We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

I'll bet there are a lot of artists that nobody hears about who just make more money than anybody.

Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

I wear the same pants, same shirt and same shoes every day. I learned it from the greats, like Einstein. It's a uniform essentially.