Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society.

Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

Irving Berlin

Although leadership and the exercise of power are distinguishable activities, they overlap and interweave in important ways. Consider a corporate chief executive officer who has the gift for inspiring and motivating people, who has vision, who lifts the spirits of employees with a resulting rise in productivity and quality of product, and a drop in turnover and absenteeism. That is leadership. But evidence emerges that the company is falling behind in the technology race. One day with the stroke of a pen the CEO increases the funds available to the research division. That is the exercise of power. The stroke of a pen could have been made by an executive with none of the qualities one associates with leadership.

John W. Gardner, On Leadership,

I don't have dating tips.

Bill Keller

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Baltasar Gracian

The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in life against what is worse. By itself, the law can never create anything better. Establishing respect for the law does not automatically ensure a better life for that, after all, is a job for people and not for laws and institutions.

Vaclav Havel

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Storm Jameson

If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.

Thomas Fuller

Superhuman effort isn't worth a d--n unless it achieves results.

Ernest Shackleton

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.

Malcolm Muggeridge

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

Pat Riley

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people.

Vivien Leigh

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

Irving Babbitt