In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
Sun Tzu

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
Sun Tzu

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
Sun Tzu

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
Sun Tzu

You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it.
Mike Ditka

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Dale Carnegie

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
Dale Carnegie

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Dale Carnegie

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale Carnegie

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
Dale Carnegie

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Colin Powell

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
Colin Powell

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
Colin Powell

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'
Colin Powell

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
Plato

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Plato

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Plato