Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Our errors are steps on the way.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.