There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
A pessimist is someone who has had to listen to too many optimists.
He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas’d he could whistle them back.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom— one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
It’s a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.
My family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering.
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone’s life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.
Principles 1. It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. 2. Get mad, then get over it. 3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. 4. It can be done! 5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it. 6. Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. 7. You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours. 8. Check small things. 9. Share credit. 10. Remain calm. Be kind.
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one’s tail.
