No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.

Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.

I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

I must follow them. I am their leader.

A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."

Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.