The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.

A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.