If, In New York, You Arrive Late

Stupidity Is A Factor To Be Reckoned With In Human Affairs. The True Leader Always Expects To Encounter It, And Prepares To Endure It Patiently So Long As It Is Normal Stupidity. He Knows That His Ideas Will Be Distorted, His Orders Carelessly Executed; And That There Will Be Jealousy Among His Assistants. He Takes These Inevitable Phenomena Into Account, And Instead Of Attempting To Find Men Without Faults, Who Are Non-existent, He Tries To Make Use Of The Best Men At His Disposal - As They Are, And Not As They Ought To Be.

We Can Talk Frankly About Our Defects Only To Those Who Recognise Our Qualities.

If You Create An Act, You Create A Habit. If You Create A Habit, You Create A Character. If You Create A Character, You Create A Destiny.

One Has Very Little Influence Upon One's Children. Their Characters Are What They Are And One Can Do Nothing To Change Them.

Old Age Is Far More Than White Hair, Wrinkles, The Feeling That It Is Too Late And The Game Finished, That The Stage Belongs To The Rising Generations. The True Evil Is Not The Weakening Of The Body, But The Indifference Of The Soul.