You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

He, who dares seek God's presence, will receive His blessings and favours.

We are what we know and what we are good at. Whenever what we know and what we are good at increase, our position increases and our goals are achieved

Sounds simple, doesn’t it, this notion of simplicity? Simple things done simply by a simple person. But it’s not as simple as it seems.

I think it's innate in human nature to want to make a difference, to make your life meaningful.

When I'm drinking around people, I tend to get silly or pugnacious or wild, which can cause problems.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.

The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.

When the shingles hissed in the rain incendiary, other values were revealed to us

I hate being thought of as a product.