Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.