"So the nature required to make a..." - Quote by Plato

“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”

“Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would be absurd to be eager for nothing but this all their lives, and then to be troubled when that came for which they had all along been eagerly practicing.”

“He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”

“The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.”

“Executives do many things in addition to making decisions. But only executives make decisions. The first managerial skill is, therefore, the making of effective decisions.”

“I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.”

“The king-becoming graces,As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,I have no relish of them, but aboundIn the division of each several crime,Acting in many ways.”

“You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.”

“If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am constantly doing by being what I am.”